Monday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

[cnxvideo id=”508517″ placement=”ros”]April 24, 2017: The S&P 500 closed higher on the day, up 1.08% and 25.46 points to 2,374.15. Separately the DJIA closed up 1.05% on the day at 20,763.89, up approximately 216.13 points.

Overall Monday was an incredible day for the markets with all of the U.S. broad markets closing higher and the Nasdaq hitting a new all-time high. In terms of the sectors, everything was positive, with the notable exception of some financial REITs. Also, some entertainment stocks were negative on the day as well.

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Crude oil didn’t follow the broad markets on Monday and was last trading down around 0.8% at $49.21 in the session.

Gold fell as well down 0.9% or $12.10, closing at $1,277.00.

The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Thursday was Becton Dickinson and Co. (NYSE: BDX) which traded down 4.4% at $177.19. The stock’s 52-week range is $157.60 to $186.40. Volume was 9.3 million versus the daily average of 833,000 shares.

The stock posting the largest daily percentage gain in the S&P 500 ahead of the close Monday was C.R. Bard, Inc. (NYSE: BCR) which jumped nearly 20% to $302.84. The stock’s 52-week range is $203.63 to $305.66. Volume was roughly 10.8 million which is above the daily average of around 514,000 shares.

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