U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.08%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.08%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.39%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 1.20%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corp (NYSE: CVX ), which rose 3.06% or 5.14 points to trade at 173.01 at the close. Merck & Company Inc (NYSE: MRK ) added 2.11% or 1.91 points to end at 92.32 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ ) was up 1.79% or 0.86 points to 49.04 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Boeing Co (NYSE: BA ), which lost 2.48% or 3.15 points to trade at 124.05 in late trade. Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS ) declined 2.00% or 2.15 points to end at 105.18 and Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE: CRM ) shed 1.67% or 2.79 points to 164.12.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY ) which rose 5.68% to 67.72, NRG Energy Inc (NYSE: NRG ) which was up 4.21% to settle at 44.07 and Halliburton Company (NYSE: HAL ) which gained 4.07% to close at 37.57.

The worst performers were Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR ) which was down 8.18% to 37.39 in late trade, Signature Bank (NASDAQ: SBNY ) which lost 7.09% to settle at 186.93 and Expedia Inc (NASDAQ: EXPE ) which was down 6.02% to 123.85 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were AgriFORCE Growing Systems Ltd (NASDAQ: AGRI ) which rose 65.87% to 2.77, Newage Inc (NASDAQ: NBEV ) which was up 65.82% to settle at 0.42 and Data Storage Corp (NASDAQ: DTST ) which gained 50.00% to close at 3.45.

The worst performers were Chimerix Inc (NASDAQ: CMRX ) which was down 60.85% to 1.66 in late trade, Predictive Oncology Inc (NASDAQ: POAI ) which lost 45.81% to settle at 0.38 and Iris Energy Ltd (NASDAQ: IREN ) which was down 36.45% to 4.90 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1607 to 1586 and 125 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2256 fell and 1577 advanced, while 216 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.85% to 27.47.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.77% or 13.90 to $1,822.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.95% or 3.21 to hit $111.84 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 2.45% or 2.73 to trade at $114.28 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.04, while USD/JPY fell 0.09% to 129.07.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 104.26.