Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Technology and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 2.48%, while the index fell 2.36%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 2.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which rose 0.65% or 0.36 points to trade at 56.12 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) fell 0.19% or 0.15 points to end at 77.85 and Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) was down 0.32% or 0.23 points to 72.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH), which fell 6.34% or 28.78 points to trade at 425.33 at the close. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) declined 4.51% or 4.58 points to end at 96.91 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) was down 4.45% or 11.00 points to 236.26.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) which rose 3.56% to 165.31, Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) which was up 2.73% to settle at 95.61 and Fidelity National Information Services Inc (NYSE:FIS) which gained 2.44% to close at 76.40.
The worst performers were Universal Health Services Inc (NYSE:UHS) which was down 10.15% to 157.05 in late trade, Blackstone Inc (NYSE:BX) which lost 7.80% to settle at 120.22 and Vistra Energy Corp (NYSE:VST) which was down 7.71% to 106.52 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were LQR House Inc (NASDAQ:YHC) which rose 2,880.65% to 3.70, Upexi Inc (NASDAQ:UPXI) which was up 335.68% to settle at 9.89 and SHF Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:SHFS) which gained 95.79% to close at 4.19.
The worst performers were Thunder Power Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:AIEV) which was down 64.87% to 0.05 in late trade, Lixiang Education Holding Co Ltd (NASDAQ:LXEH) which lost 58.04% to settle at 2.87 and American Rebel Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:AREB) which was down 53.68% to 2.39 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2350 to 453 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2322 fell and 994 advanced, while 108 ended unchanged.
Shares in Universal Health Services Inc (NYSE:UHS) fell to 52-week lows; losing 10.15% or 17.75 to 157.05. Shares in Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH) fell to 3-years lows; falling 6.34% or 28.78 to 425.33. Shares in LQR House Inc (NASDAQ:YHC) rose to all time lows; rising 2,880.65% or 3.57 to 3.70. Shares in Thunder Power Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:AIEV) fell to all time lows; falling 64.87% or 0.09 to 0.05.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 14.13% to 33.84.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 3.13% or 104.22 to $3,432.62 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.02% or 1.29 to hit $62.72 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.09% or 1.42 to trade at $66.54 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.00% to 1.15, while USD/JPY fell 0.87% to 140.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.96% at 98.18.
