U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.45%

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

At the close in NYSE, the declined 0.45%, while the index declined 0.14%, and the index climbed 0.05%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which rose 3.31% or 1.77 points to trade at 55.21 at the close. Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:) added 2.58% or 2.07 points to end at 82.37 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:) was up 1.40% or 6.40 points to 465.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Nike Inc (NYSE:), which lost 4.16% or 6.53 points to trade at 150.44 in late trade. Boeing Co (NYSE:) declined 2.87% or 6.19 points to end at 209.31 and Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:) shed 2.30% or 4.99 points to 211.97.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 9.28% to 233.70, Humana Inc (NYSE:) which was up 6.06% to settle at 385.18 and Hologic Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 4.47% to close at 73.45.

The worst performers were Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 13.13% to 142.99 in late trade, Cardinal Health Inc (NYSE:) which lost 5.92% to settle at 51.03 and Estee Lauder Companies Inc (NYSE:) which was down 5.36% to 335.89 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Bone Biologics Corp (NASDAQ:) which rose 57.14% to 5.39, Zynga Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 40.67% to settle at 8.44 and Molecular Partners AG ADR (NASDAQ:) which gained 30.22% to close at 21.50.

The worst performers were TDH Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 81.86% to 0.740 in late trade, Kidpik Corp (NASDAQ:) which lost 27.47% to settle at 4.75 and Rapid Micro Biosystems Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 21.23% to 7.20 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2052 to 1186 and 158 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2493 fell and 1368 advanced, while 206 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.41% to 19.40.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.21% or 3.85 to $1801.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.62% or 0.49 to hit $78.41 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $81.02 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1327, while USD/JPY rose 0.00% to 115.21.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 95.938.