U.S. market indexes were lower on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 24,610.91 for a loss of -335.60 points or -1.35%. The S&P 500 closed at 2,712.92 for a loss of -39.09 points or -1.42%. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 7,344.24 for a loss of -137.75 points or -1.84%. The VIX Volatility Index was higher for the day at 19.02 for a gain of 3.22 points or 20.38%.
Monday’s market movers
Technology stocks were lower Monday, leading to broad market declines. Facebook (FB, Financial) led the tech sector selloff, with losses also reported from Oracle (ORCL, Financial) on Monday after reporting earnings.
There were no major market moving economic reports affecting market trading on Monday.
In the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the following stocks led losses:
- Caterpillar (CAT, Financial) -2.75%
- Johnson & Johnson (JNJ, Financial) -2.57%
- 3M (MMM, Financial) -2.39%
- McDonald's (MCD, Financial) -2.06%
- Walmart (WMT, Financial) -1.93
- Goldman Sachs Group (GS, Financial) -1.89%
- Merck (MRK, Financial) -1.87%
- IBM (IBM, Financial) -1.82%
Small-cap stocks
In small-caps, the Russell 2000 closed at 1,570.56 for a loss of -15.49 points or -0.98%. The S&P 600 closed at 960.14 for a loss of -9.31 points or -0.96%. The Dow Jones Small-Cap Growth TSM Index closed at 9,746.67 for a loss of -110.08 points or -1.12%. The Dow Jones Small-Cap Value TSM closed at 10,018.18 for a loss of -88.94 points or -0.88%.
Other notable undexes
Other notable index closes included the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index at 1,917.57 for a loss of -18.08 points or -0.93%; the S&P 100 at 1,192.11 for a loss of -19.29 points or -1.59%; the Russell 3000 at 1,607.69 for a loss of -21.99 points or -1.35%; the Russell 1000 at 1,504.29 for a loss of -21.05 points or -1.38%; and the Dow Jones Select Dividend Index at 686.42 for a loss of -7.76 points or -1.12%.
