U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.05% By Investing.com

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 lost 0.05%, while the index lost 0.28%, and the index fell 0.56%.

The best performers of the session on the were The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:), which rose 0.61% or 1.16 points to trade at 190.49 at the close. Meanwhile, Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:) added 0.56% or 0.21 points to end at 37.70 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:) was up 0.56% or 0.81 points to 146.54 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 1.84% or 0.49 points to trade at 26.11 at the close. Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) declined 0.92% or 2.44 points to end at 263.14 and Dow Inc (NYSE:) was down 0.71% or 0.39 points to 54.84.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Boston Scientific Corp (NYSE:) which rose 2.72% to 57.81, Molina Healthcare Inc (NYSE:) which was up 1.47% to settle at 361.65 and Hershey Co (NYSE:) which gained 1.27% to close at 186.44.

The worst performers were Albemarle Corp (NYSE:) which was down 3.31% to 144.48 in late trade, Warner Bros Discovery Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 2.65% to settle at 11.38 and PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 2.65% to 61.41 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Sentage Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 182.49% to 5.00, China SXT Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 91.79% to settle at 3.97 and Qilian International Holding Group Ltd (NASDAQ:) which gained 69.58% to close at 0.77.

The worst performers were Global Mofy Metaverse Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 49.91% to 5.58 in late trade, Cue Health Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 42.23% to settle at 0.16 and MOBIX LABS, INC (NASDAQ:) which was down 34.42% to 4.02 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 0 to 0; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced.

Shares in Boston Scientific Corp (NYSE:) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.72% or 1.53 to 57.81. Shares in Sentage Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 182.49% or 3.23 to 5.00. Shares in Cue Health Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 42.23% or 0.12 to 0.16. Shares in MOBIX LABS, INC (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 34.42% or 2.11 to 4.02.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was unchanged 0.00% to 12.45.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.56% or 11.70 to $2,071.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.61% or 0.44 to hit $71.33 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.08 to trade at $77.07 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.10, while USD/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 141.04.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 101.06.