U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.20%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.20%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.09%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.29%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 1.43% or 3.16 points to trade at 223.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) added 1.41% or 2.39 points to end at 171.51 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 1.24% or 1.56 points to 127.09 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which fell 2.11% or 0.64 points to trade at 29.66 at the close. Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) declined 2.07% or 4.11 points to end at 194.92 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was down 1.95% or 3.19 points to 160.59.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC) which rose 12.20% to 16.00, Lumen Technologies Inc (NYSE:LUMN) which was up 8.30% to settle at 2.42 and Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB) which gained 5.86% to close at 183.94.

The worst performers were Carrier Global Corp (NYSE:CARR) which was down 7.25% to 41.94 in late trade, KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) which lost 3.88% to settle at 11.14 and AT&T Inc (NYSE:T) which was down 3.73% to 17.54 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were In8bio Inc (NASDAQ:INAB) which rose 183.02% to 3.00, Aclarion Inc (NASDAQ:ACON) which was up 74.62% to settle at 1.28 and Netcapital Inc (NASDAQ:NCPL) which gained 67.03% to close at 1.52.

The worst performers were Bed Bath&Beyond Inc (NASDAQ:BBBY) which was down 35.67% to 0.19 in late trade, Scilex Holding Co (NASDAQ:SCLX) which lost 29.31% to settle at 7.26 and Petros Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:PTPI) which was down 27.68% to 3.84 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1595 to 1360 and 92 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2258 fell and 1359 advanced, while 128 ended unchanged.

Shares in KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.88% or 0.45 to 11.14. Shares in Bed Bath&Beyond Inc (NASDAQ:BBBY) fell to all time lows; down 35.67% or 0.10 to 0.19.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.72% to 16.89.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.44% or 8.85 to $1,999.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.12% or 0.87 to hit $78.74 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 1.26% or 1.03 to trade at $82.49 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.10, while USD/JPY rose 0.09% to 134.27.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 101.08.