The US stock market closed Monday trading mixed due to strengthening of utilities, telecommunications, and consumer services sectors, while there were negative dynamics from the part of oil and gas, finance and industry sectors.
At the close on the New York Stock Exchange, Dow Jones fell 0.10%, S&P 500 fell 0.04%, and NASDAQ Composite Index rose 0.14%.
The best performers among the components of the Dow Jones index were the shares of American Express Company (N: AXP), which went up by 1.20 p. (2.24%) to 54.70. Quotes of Nike Inc (N: NKE) rose 1.15 p. (1.85%), to 63.16 and shares of Wal-Mart Stores Inc (N: WMT) rose 1.14 p. (1.72%), closing at 67.50.
The worst results showed the shares of Exxon Mobil Corporation (N: XOM), the price of which fell 1.56 p. (2.00%), to 76.29. Shares of General Electric Company (N: GE) fell 0.46 p. (1.58%) to close at 28.64, and 3M Company (N: MMM) fell in price by 2.27 p. (1, 50%) and finished trading at around 148.73.
The best performer of S&P 500 was Sysco Corporation (N: SYY), the shares of which rose 8.39% to reach 43.15. The worst results came from Kinder Morgan Inc (N: KMI), the shares of which fell in price by 7.66%, closing at 15.19.
The leader of growth among the components of the NASDAQ Composite Index was EyeGate Pharmaceuticals Inc (O: EYEG), with its shares increasing by 111.24% to reach 3.59. The worst performer was Wave Systems Corp (O: WAVX), with its shares down 88.46% to 0.105.
On the New York Stock Exchange, the number of declining securities (1723) exceeded the number closed up (1696), and quotation of 4 shares remained virtually unchanged. On the NASDAQ stock market papers of 1333 companies fell, of 1283 increased, and of 53 remained at the previous close.
CBOE Volatility Index, which is based on indicators of options trading on the S&P 500, fell 1.24% to reach 19.95.
Meanwhile EUR/USD rose 0.54% to 1.0891, and USD/JPY fell 0.09%, reaching 121.01.
USD Index fell 0.57% to 99.03.