Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 1.74%, while the S&P 500 index fell 1.34%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 1.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which rose 2.08% or 1.01 points to trade at 49.67 at the close. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) added 1.10% or 0.16 points to end at 14.68 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was up 0.71% or 0.26 points to 37.06 in late trade.
Biggest losers included 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), which lost 6.83% or 14.75 points to trade at 201.13 in late trade. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) declined 6.20% or 9.55 points to end at 144.44 and DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) shed 3.69% or 2.42 points to 63.18.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Cadence Design Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CDNS) which rose 9.12% to 40.09, Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB) which was up 4.13% to settle at 33.25 and Whirlpool Corporation (NYSE:WHR) which gained 3.75% to close at 155.96.
The worst performers were Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which was down 14.51% to 16.08 in late trade, Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) which lost 8.50% to settle at 62.35 and Masco Corporation (NYSE:MAS) which was down 8.34% to 36.16 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Check Cap Ltd (NASDAQ:CHEK) which rose 104.82% to 14.870, Evine Live Inc (NASDAQ:EVLV) which was up 31.25% to settle at 1.060 and SemiLEDS Corporation (NASDAQ:LEDS) which gained 27.16% to close at 4.2600.
The worst performers were Valeritas Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:VLRX) which was down 35.69% to 1.64 in late trade, Westmoreland Coal Company (NASDAQ:WLB) which lost 25.00% to settle at 0.15 and Acasti Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:ACST) which was down 24.51% to 0.770 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1950 to 1106 and 134 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1573 fell and 948 advanced, while 156 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 10.28% to 18.02.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.69% or 9.10 to $1333.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.18% or 0.81 to hit $67.83 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.99% or 0.74 to trade at $73.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2234, while USD/JPY rose 0.06% to 108.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 90.55.