Monday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500
Monday was a relatively negative day for the markets with all of the major U.S. exchanges pulling back. Crude oil started out flat but came on strong in the afternoon. The S&P 500 sectors were more or less split down…
October 30, 2017: The S&P 500 closed down 0.32% at 2,572.79. The DJIA closed down 0.36% at 23,349.15. Separately, the Nasdaq was slightly down, 0.03% at 6,698.96.
Monday was a relatively negative day for the markets with all of the major U.S. exchanges pulling back. Crude oil started out flat but came on strong in the afternoon. The S&P 500 sectors were more or less split down the middle. The best performing sectors were real estate and energy, up 0.65% and 0.49%, respectively. The worst performing sectors were healthcare, consumer staples, and industrials, down 1.1%, 0.85%, and 0.69%, respectively.
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Crude oil was up 0.5% at $54.14.
Gold was also up about 0.5% at $1,277.60.
The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Monday was Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) which traded down about 6% at $54.70. The stock’s 52-week range is $54.41 to $66.80. Volume was about 37 million versus the daily average roughly 8 million shares.
The stock posting the largest daily percentage gain in the S&P 500 ahead of the close Monday was Mattel, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAT) which rose over 11% to $15.58. The stock’s 52-week range is $12.71 to $32.48. Volume was nearly 37 million compared to its average volume of 9.3 million.
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Chris Lange is a writer for 24/7 Wall St., based in Houston. He has covered financial markets over the past decade with an emphasis on healthcare, tech, and IPOs. During this time, he has published thousands of articles with insightful analysis across these complex fields. Currently, Lange's focus is on military and geopolitical topics. Lange's work has been quoted or mentioned in Forbes, The New York Times, Business Insider, USA Today, MSN, Yahoo, The Verge, Vice, The Intelligencer, Quartz, Nasdaq, The Motley Fool, Fox Business, International Business Times, The Street, Seeking Alpha, Barron’s, Benzinga, and many other major publications. A graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, Lange majored in business with a particular focus on investments. He has previous experience in the banking industry and startups.
