Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.42%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.28%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 1.06% or 3.54 points to trade at 337.28 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 0.66% or 1.54 points to end at 235.49 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was up 0.61% or 0.88 points to 144.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which lost 2.66% or 2.44 points to trade at 89.20 in late trade. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) declined 1.70% or 2.35 points to end at 135.88 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) shed 1.67% or 1.00 points to 58.93.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Apache Corporation (NYSE:APA) which rose 26.79% to 32.51, Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which was up 8.78% to settle at 58.27 and Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:WDC) which gained 6.77% to close at 67.66.
The worst performers were ConAgra Foods Inc (NYSE:CAG) which was down 3.58% to 32.32 in late trade, Constellation Brands Inc Class A (NYSE:STZ) which lost 3.57% to settle at 183.60 and Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) which was down 3.27% to 155.76 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Genetic Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:GENE) which rose 116.83% to 4.510, Cellect Biotechnology Ltd (NASDAQ:APOP) which was up 69.70% to settle at 4.09 and Genprex Inc (NASDAQ:GNPX) which gained 39.07% to close at 0.4200.
The worst performers were CTI Industries Corporation (NASDAQ:CTIB) which was down 30.00% to 1.82 in late trade, Inpixon (NASDAQ:INPX) which lost 25.78% to settle at 6.8100 and Zion Oil & Gas Inc (NASDAQ:ZN) which was down 25.50% to 0.387 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1582 to 1257 and 78 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1441 fell and 1195 advanced, while 85 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.43% to 13.79.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.46% or 7.20 to $1576.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.95% or 0.60 to hit $62.67 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $68.29 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1149, while USD/JPY rose 0.06% to 108.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 96.662.