Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.05%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.01%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 1.72% or 2.59 points to trade at 153.14 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 0.88% or 0.47 points to end at 53.70 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was up 0.83% or 0.31 points to 37.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), which lost 1.86% or 2.91 points to trade at 153.35 in late trade. DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) declined 1.41% or 0.99 points to end at 69.35 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) shed 0.94% or 0.94 points to 98.63.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Red Hat Inc (NYSE:RHT) which rose 4.08% to 110.07, L Brands Inc (NYSE:LB) which was up 4.03% to settle at 42.55 and Macerich Company (NYSE:MAC) which gained 3.75% to close at 56.19.
The worst performers were Darden Restaurants Inc (NYSE:DRI) which was down 6.53% to 77.71 in late trade, CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS) which lost 3.49% to settle at 58.00 and DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH) which was down 3.43% to 52.15 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Net Element Inc (NASDAQ:NETE) which rose 44.00% to 0.8640, Izea Inc (NASDAQ:IZEA) which was up 36.49% to settle at 6.6200 and Inpixon (NASDAQ:INPX) which gained 32.79% to close at 0.4900.
The worst performers were Genocea Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:GNCA) which was down 76.55% to 1.250 in late trade, Axovant Sciences Ltd (NASDAQ:AXON) which lost 73.90% to settle at 6.33 and Roka Bioscience Inc (NASDAQ:ROKA) which was down 23.99% to 0.9210 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1732 to 1344 and 150 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1457 rose and 1040 declined, while 143 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.20% to 10.19.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.98% or 12.85 to $1298.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.59% or 0.31 to hit $51.91 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.87% or 0.51 to trade at $57.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.1787, while USD/JPY rose 0.50% to 112.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 92.85.