Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms , Utilities and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology , Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.28%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.06%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.10%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE: BA ), which rose 2.44% or 4.35 points to trade at 182.30 at the close. Meanwhile, International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM ) added 1.61% or 3.75 points to end at 236.16 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ ) was up 1.16% or 0.49 points to 42.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA ), which fell 2.13% or 2.37 points to trade at 108.64 at the close. Salesforce Inc (NYSE: CRM ) declined 0.83% or 2.21 points to end at 265.64 and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN ) was down 0.70% or 1.32 points to 187.67.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were AbbVie Inc (NYSE: ABBV ) which rose 3.38% to 192.34, Centene Corp (NYSE: CNC ) which was up 3.14% to settle at 59.50 and Gilead Sciences Inc (NASDAQ: GILD ) which gained 3.06% to close at 106.33.

The worst performers were Erie Indemnity Company (NASDAQ: ERIE ) which was down 4.01% to 347.33 in late trade, Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE: CL ) which lost 3.14% to settle at 90.96 and Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ: KHC ) which was down 2.37% to 28.79 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Steakholder Foods Ltd (NASDAQ: STKH ) which rose 353.52% to 3.22, AGM Group Holdings Inc Class A (NASDAQ: AGMH ) which was up 169.75% to settle at 0.13 and Pony Ai Inc (NASDAQ: PONY ) which gained 47.08% to close at 10.31.

The worst performers were Relmada Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: RLMD ) which was down 44.64% to 0.36 in late trade, Spruce Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ: SPRB ) which lost 39.45% to settle at 0.08 and Senti Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ: SNTI ) which was down 27.20% to 3.64 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1690 to 1063 and 91 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1763 rose and 1542 declined, while 135 ended unchanged.

Shares in Erie Indemnity Company (NASDAQ: ERIE ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.01% or 14.52 to 347.33. Shares in Spruce Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ: SPRB ) fell to all time lows; down 39.45% or 0.05 to 0.08.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.25% to 25.15.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.88% or 61.94 to $3,360.34 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.78% or 1.12 to hit $61.90 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.73% or 1.14 to trade at $64.66 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.14, while USD/JPY fell 1.10% to 142.09.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 98.69.