June 12, 2017: The S&P 500 closed lower, down 0.1% at 2,429.50. The DJIA closed down 0.16% at 21,238.00. Separately, the Nasdaq closed down 0.5% at 6,175.46.
Monday was a down day for the markets across the board, with the Nasdaq getting hit especially hard. Losses from Facebook, Apple, Alphabet, and Amazon brought this index way down. Perhaps the only industry that was mostly positive was Oil & Gas, with crude making a solid gain to start off the week. Apart from this, entertainment stocks performed well along with a few REITs. A handful of health care stocks were largely negative on the day as well.
Crude oil posted a gain on the day and was last trading up 0.5% at $46.04.
Gold was last seen down 0.3% at $1,267.80.
The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Monday was Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) which traded down 4.2% at $151.44. The stock’s 52-week range is $84.50 to $166.87. Volume was 13.6 million versus the daily average of 5.9 million shares.
The stock posting the largest daily percentage gain in the S&P 500 ahead of the close Monday was Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (NYSE: DO), which rose 5.6% to $12.00. The stock’s 52-week range is $10.79 to $26.49. Volume was 4.9 million on the day compared to the average of 3.1 million.
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