Monday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500
July 10, 2017 by Chris LangeJuly 10, 2017: The S&P 500 closed up 0.1% at 2,427.63. The DJIA closed more or less flat at 21,413.45. Separately, the Nasdaq closed up 0.4% at 6,176.39.
Monday was an interesting start to the week with U.S. broad markets closing higher after starting the day out negative. Crude oil helped with this boost and oil & gas as well as industrial stocks saw a handy gain across the board. Overall this push higher was led by the tech sector, which is reflected in the Nasdaq’s performance today. Apart from this, financial and health care stocks were largely mixed. Retailers saw the worst of it, but Amazon was there to make nearly a 2% gain in their place.
Crude oil was last seen up about 0.5% at $44.45.
Gold was trading up 0.3% at $1,213.70.
The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Monday was Macy’s, Inc. (NYSE: M) which traded down nearly 7% at $21.11. The stock’s 52-week range is $21.07 to $45.10. Volume was over 19 million versus the daily average of 8.5 million shares.
The stock posting the largest daily percentage gain in the S&P 500 ahead of the close Monday was CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF) which rose over 6% to $29.68. The stock’s 52-week range is $20.77 to $37.17. Volume was nearly 6 million on the day compared to the average of 4.2 million.
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