Monday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500
Monday was mixed day for the major U.S. exchanges, although each major index hit a new all-time high at some point during the session. Crude oil backed off to start the week. The S&P 500 sectors were mostly positive in…
November 27, 2017: The S&P 500 closed flat at 2,601.45. The DJIA closed up 0.1% at 23,580.71. Separately, the Nasdaq was down 0.15% at 6,878.52.
Monday was mixed day for the major U.S. exchanges, although each major index hit a new all-time high at some point during the session. Crude oil backed off to start the week. The S&P 500 sectors were mostly positive in the session with two big exceptions. The best performing sectors were utilities and industrials, up 0.5% and 0.2%, respectively. The worst performing sectors were energy and materials, down 1% and 0.6%, respectively.
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Crude oil was down 1.8% at $57.89.
Gold was up 0.5% at $1,294.00.
The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Monday was Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) which traded down about 7% at $86.55. The stock’s 52-week range is $60.78 to $95.77. Volume was over 11 million versus the daily average of 3.8 million shares.
The stock posting the largest daily percentage gain in the S&P 500 ahead of the close Monday was Signet Jewelers Limited (NYSE: SIG) which rose about 5% to $52.34. The stock’s 52-week range is $46.09 to $99.19. Volume was 4 million compared to its average volume of 2 million.
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