U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.30%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Oil&Gas and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.30%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.10%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.03%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE: CAT), which rose 3.04% or 6.36 points to trade at 215.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Dow Inc (NYSE: DOW) added 2.10% or 1.15 points to end at 55.81 and American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) was up 1.45% or 2.31 points to 161.14 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL), which fell 1.60% or 2.63 points to trade at 162.03 at the close. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ: AMGN) declined 0.96% or 2.42 points to end at 250.90 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) was down 0.88% or 0.29 points to 32.52.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: WDC) which rose 8.22% to 38.04, Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ: MU) which was up 8.04% to settle at 63.27 and Gap Inc (NYSE: GPS) which gained 6.74% to close at 9.98.

The worst performers were SVB Financial Group (OTC: SIVBQ) which was down 24.12% to 0.61 in late trade, Signature Bank (OTC: SBNY) which lost 6.67% to settle at 0.15 and MarketAxess Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: MKTX) which was down 2.21% to 335.70 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were PLx Pharma Inc (NASDAQ: PLXP) which rose 245.67% to 0.36, GlucoTrack Inc (NASDAQ: GCTK) which was up 168.91% to settle at 3.20 and Agrify Corp (NASDAQ: AGFY) which gained 95.59% to close at 0.28.

The worst performers were Pear Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: PEAR) which was down 50.62% to 0.11 in late trade, Apollomics Inc (NASDAQ: APLM) which lost 33.22% to settle at 8.14 and SHL Telemedicine Ltd ADR (NASDAQ: SHLT) which was down 31.83% to 14.48 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1900 to 1037 and 117 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2126 rose and 1439 declined, while 179 ended unchanged.

Shares in Pear Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: PEAR) fell to all time lows; losing 50.62% or 0.11 to 0.11. Shares in GlucoTrack Inc (NASDAQ: GCTK) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 168.91% or 2.01 to 3.20. Shares in Apollomics Inc (NASDAQ: APLM) fell to all time lows; falling 33.22% or 4.05 to 8.14. Shares in SHL Telemedicine Ltd ADR (NASDAQ: SHLT) fell to all time lows; down 31.83% or 6.76 to 14.48.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.10% to 18.97.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.97% or 19.70 to $2,006.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.04% or 0.84 to hit $79.86 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.02% or 0.87 to trade at $84.25 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 1.10% to 133.59.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 102.22.

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