Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.45%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.37%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), which rose 1.37% or 2.34 points to trade at 172.99 at the close. Visa Inc (NYSE:V) added 1.07% or 1.15 points to end at 108.58 and Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) was up 0.85% or 0.82 points to 97.83 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which lost 2.72% or 3.00 points to trade at 107.22 in late trade. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 2.36% or 1.05 points to end at 43.44 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) shed 1.55% or 0.80 points to 50.92.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Delphi Automotive plc (NYSE:DLPH) which rose 10.78% to 56.50, Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which was up 3.28% to settle at 41.21 and eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) which gained 3.11% to close at 36.81.
The worst performers were Edison International (NYSE:EIX) which was down 12.78% to 70.00 in late trade, Robert Half International Inc (NYSE:RHI) which lost 5.95% to settle at 53.29 and Mattel Inc (NASDAQ:MAT) which was down 5.34% to 15.95 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Neuralstem Inc (NASDAQ:CUR) which rose 175.89% to 3.0900, Biocept Inc (NASDAQ:BIOC) which was up 66.67% to settle at 1.150 and Revance The (NASDAQ:RVNC) which gained 33.65% to close at 34.75.
The worst performers were Galectin Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:GALT) which was down 30.65% to 1.720 in late trade, Pyxis Tankers Inc (NASDAQ:PXS) which lost 26.65% to settle at 4.9000 and Spi Energy Co Ltd (NASDAQ:SPI) which was down 24.32% to 0.67 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1981 to 1136 and 98 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1632 fell and 898 advanced, while 130 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.17% to 11.31.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.70% or 9.00 to $1268.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.35% or 0.20 to hit $57.67 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.46 to trade at $62.91 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.35% to 1.1825, while USD/JPY rose 0.14% to 112.57.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 93.28.