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

Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the fell 0.05%, while the index fell 0.28%, and the index lost 0.56%.

The biggest gainers 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. 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.

Biggest losers included Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:), which lost 1.84% or 0.49 points to trade at 26.11 in late trade. Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) declined 0.92% or 2.44 points to end at 263.14 and Dow Inc (NYSE:) shed 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.

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

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

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.56% or 11.70 to $2,071.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, 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.