Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

The index dropped 1.19% after the close at NYSE. Meanwhile, it declined 1.69%. And the index suffered a loss of 2.18%.

They were the top performers at the session Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:) rose 0.69%, or 0.37 points, to trade at 53.90 by the close. Dow Inc (NYSE 🙂 gained 0.24 percent or 0.27 point to close at 61.95. The Travelers Companies Inc was also up 0.42 points or 0.78 to 185.64 late trade.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ 🙂 fell 3.94%, or 11.71 points to trade close at 285.26. American Express The Company (NYSE:), fell 3.34%, or 6.13 points, to close at 177.57. Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ;) dropped 2.58% or 1.40 to 52.88.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were AT&T Inc (NYSE:) which rose 7.46% to 19.63, Warner Bros Discovery Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 4.13% to settle at 25.48 and Delta Air Lines Inc (NYSE:) which gained 4.00% to close at 38.21.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation, (NYSE:), which fell 6.28% to 57.92 late trade, IDEXX Laboratories Inc. (NASDAQ:), which dropped 5.97% at 514.48, and NVIDIA Corporation(NASDAQ:), which declined 5.20% at 219.17 close.

Veru Inc (NASDAQ :), which rose 182.30% and 12.28 respectively, were the top-performing companies on the NASDAQ Composite. Hoth Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 70.48% to settle in 1.05 Athersys Inc (NASDAQ) gained 63.00% and closed at 0.86

The worst performers were Singularity Future Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 44.03% to 7.08 in late trade, Helix Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) which lost 39.00% to settle at 6.71 and Bicycle Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:), down 38.69% at 28.81 at close.

The New York Stock Exchange saw falling stocks surpass advancing by 2217. 958 and 106 ended unchanged. On the Nasdaq Stock Exchange however, 2558 were down and 1286 gained, while 184 ended the same.

Shares in AT&T Inc (NYSE:) rose to 5-year lows; gaining 7.46% or 1.36 to 19.63. Veru Inc’s (NASDAQ:), shares rose 52 weeks to new highs. They rose 182.30%, or 7.93 to 12.28. Shares in Helix Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 39.00% or 4.29 to 6.71.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 15.17% to 24.37.

For June delivery, Gold Futures rose 0.47% to $1954.70 an ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil delivery for May dropped 3.46%, or 3.40, to $94.86 per barrel. The June Brent oil contract, however, fell 3.67%, or 3.77, to trade at $99.01 per barrel.

EUR/USD was steady at 1.09, while USD/JPY rose by 0.83% to 125.3.

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.2% at 99.98