U.S. stocks traded mostly lower toward the end of trading, with the S&P 500 slipping around 0.1% on Monday.

The Dow traded down 0.53% to 41,828.27 while the NASDAQ fell 0.04% to 18,230.05. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.11% to 5,722.67.

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Energy shares rose by 1.7% on Friday.

In trading on Friday, utilities shares fell by 1.2%.

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Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:YUMC) shares gained more than 8% on Monday after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter EPS and revenues.

Revenue increased 5% year over year to $3.07 billion, beating the consensus of $3.05 billion. Adjusted EPS of 77 cents surpassed the street view of 68 cents.

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• Nuwellis, Inc. (NASDAQ:NUWE) shares shot up 90% to $2.5803 after the company announced preliminary third-quarter financial results.
• Shares of Neurogene Inc. (NASDAQ:NGNE) got a boost, surging 43% to $65.71 after the company entered a securities purchase agreement for a PIPE investment, expected to bring in gross proceeds of $200 million.
• Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADN) shares were also up, gaining 62% to $3.07 after the company announced its RHyno project secured a €34.5 million grant from the EU Innovation Fund to advance fuel cell and hydrogen technology.

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