Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the declined 0.54%, while the index declined 0.61%, and the index fell 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:), which rose 2.58% or 14.12 points to trade at 561.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Boeing Co (NYSE:) added 2.02% or 3.11 points to end at 157.04 and Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:) was up 1.86% or 5.08 points to 277.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Travelers Companies (NYSE:), which fell 3.53% or 9.23 points to trade at 251.92 at the close. International Business Machines (NYSE:) declined 3.38% or 8.04 points to end at 230.00 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) was down 2.88% or 10.42 points to 351.57.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Hershey Co (NYSE:) which rose 10.85% to 193.65, Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 6.75% to settle at 76.39 and Charles River Laboratories (NYSE:) which gained 5.18% to close at 201.75.
The worst performers were Omnicom Group Inc (NYSE:) which was down 10.25% to 92.82 in late trade, Comcast Corp (NASDAQ:) which lost 9.50% to settle at 39.05 and Charter Communications Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 9.20% to 365.96 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were LeddarTech Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 380.65% to 1.49, Metagenomi Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 125.95% to settle at 4.18 and Huize Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:) which gained 123.45% to close at 6.06.
The worst performers were Bioage Labs Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 76.85% to 4.65 in late trade, Universe Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 59.29% to settle at 1.38 and Radiopharm Theranostics Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:) which was down 51.43% to 9.18 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1469 to 1339 and 74 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1675 rose and 1655 declined, while 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in Bioage Labs Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 76.85% or 15.44 to 4.65. Shares in Huize Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 123.45% or 3.35 to 6.06. Shares in Radiopharm Theranostics Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 51.43% or 9.72 to 9.18.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 11.12% to 14.19.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.88% or 23.45 to $2,683.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.49% or 1.00 to hit $68.20 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.21% or 0.86 to trade at $71.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.06, while USD/JPY rose 0.80% to 151.23.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 105.84.
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