Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.29%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.10%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which rose 1.48% or 2.00 points to trade at 137.12 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) added 1.32% or 3.03 points to end at 231.88 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was up 1.09% or 3.52 points to 327.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which lost 1.90% or 1.08 points to trade at 55.72 in late trade. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) declined 1.61% or 4.17 points to end at 255.19 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) shed 1.59% or 5.87 points to 364.31.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:ILMN) which rose 7.85% to 414.74, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NYSE:NCLH) which was up 4.61% to settle at 31.08 and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) which gained 4.27% to close at 66.98.
The worst performers were Paychex Inc (NASDAQ:PAYX) which was down 4.93% to 95.41 in late trade, TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP) which lost 4.54% to settle at 54.21 and TechnipFMC PLC (NYSE:FTI) which was down 2.55% to 7.65 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Scienjoy Holding Corp (NASDAQ:SJ) which rose 34.16% to 12.49, Galectin Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:GALT) which was up 33.82% to settle at 2.77 and Greenbox Pos (NASDAQ:GBOX) which gained 28.17% to close at 19.8400.
The worst performers were Moxian Inc (NASDAQ:MOXC) which was down 25.00% to 5.100 in late trade, Scholar Rock Holding Corp (NASDAQ:SRRK) which lost 20.25% to settle at 35.99 and Amplitech Group Inc (NASDAQ:AMPG) which was down 18.58% to 10.120 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1809 to 1257 and 107 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1750 fell and 1438 advanced, while 80 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.17% to 18.12.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.95% or 16.35 to $1745.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.38% or 0.81 to hit $59.46 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.11% or 0.69 to trade at $62.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.55% to 1.1877, while USD/JPY fell 0.38% to 109.75.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 92.293.