Wall Street closes at a record for the first time since end of January
Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.08%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.01%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH), which rose 1.47% or 4.48 points to trade at 308.49 at the close. Meanwhile, Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) added 1.19% or 4.85 points to end at 412.64 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) was up 1.13% or 0.75 points to 66.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sherwin-Williams Co (NYSE:SHW), which fell 1.53% or 5.56 points to trade at 358.84 at the close. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) declined 1.30% or 3.85 points to end at 292.62 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was down 1.19% or 2.79 points to 232.47.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Dayforce Inc (NYSE:DAY) which rose 26.02% to 66.64, First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) which was up 9.69% to settle at 219.33 and Axon Enterprise Inc (NASDAQ:AXON) which gained 4.96% to close at 791.62.
The worst performers were EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) which was down 4.45% to 50.50 in late trade, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) which lost 3.75% to settle at 23.64 and Coterra Energy Inc (NYSE:CTRA) which was down 3.29% to 23.24 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Masterbeef Group (NASDAQ:MB) which rose 80.56% to 6.41, Soligenix Inc (NASDAQ:SNGX) which was up 78.41% to settle at 4.96 and Aspire Biopharma Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ASBP) which gained 62.12% to close at 0.58.
The worst performers were TPI Composites Inc (NASDAQ:TPIC) which was down 45.91% to 0.13 in late trade, Vyome Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:HIND) which lost 37.89% to settle at 8.73 and Enlivex Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:ENLV) which was down 31.32% to 1.25 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1464 to 1289 and 88 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1832 rose and 1478 declined, while 163 ended unchanged.
Shares in TPI Composites Inc (NASDAQ:TPIC) fell to 5-year lows; down 45.91% or 0.11 to 0.13.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.66% to 14.99.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.12% or 4.05 to $3,378.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.13% or 0.70 to hit $62.68 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.09% or 0.72 to trade at $66.57 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.17, while USD/JPY rose 0.43% to 147.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 97.97.