U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.00%

Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials , Healthcare and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas , Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.00%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.74%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 2.04%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were American Express Company (NYSE: AXP ), which rose 2.91% or 4.89 points to trade at 172.79 at the close. The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE: TRV ) added 1.99% or 3.45 points to end at 177.18 and Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO ) was up 1.84% or 1.06 points to 58.54 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE ), which lost 4.13% or 5.06 points to trade at 117.57 in late trade. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC ) declined 3.12% or 1.43 points to end at 44.40 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL ) shed 2.66% or 4.11 points to 150.62.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Nielsen Holdings PLC (NYSE: NLSN ) which rose 30.50% to 22.85, Paramount Global Class B (NASDAQ: PARA ) which was up 10.47% to settle at 35.77 and EPAM Systems Inc (NYSE: EPAM ) which gained 9.92% to close at 220.00.

The worst performers were Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE: LVS ) which was down 11.89% to 32.09 in late trade, Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN ) which lost 10.15% to settle at 52.69 and Coterra Energy Inc (NYSE: CTRA ) which was down 9.75% to 23.13 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Incannex Healthcare Ltd ADR (NASDAQ: IXHL ) which rose 61.72% to 22.90, Red Cat Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: RCAT ) which was up 48.37% to settle at 2.73 and Q And K International Group Ltd (NASDAQ: QK ) which gained 37.56% to close at 1.69.

The worst performers were Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR ) which was down 60.87% to 4.16 in late trade, Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: KC ) which lost 47.86% to settle at 2.56 and Electric Last Mile Solutions Inc (NASDAQ: ELMS ) which was down 47.71% to 0.99 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2391 to 867 and 99 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2820 fell and 1001 advanced, while 198 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.32% to 31.77.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.10% or 1.95 to $1,955.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.43% or 0.44 to hit $102.44 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $105.96 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.09% to 118.29.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 99.11.