Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.42%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.15%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which rose 0.89% or 1.05 points to trade at 118.43 at the close. Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) added 0.67% or 1.06 points to end at 159.31 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) was up 0.41% or 0.61 points to 149.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which lost 2.54% or 3.80 points to trade at 145.70 in late trade. Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) declined 2.07% or 1.14 points to end at 53.94 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) shed 2.05% or 1.88 points to 89.67.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Juniper Networks Inc (NYSE:JNPR) which rose 21.81% to 36.81, Catalent Inc (NYSE:CTLT) which was up 5.87% to settle at 49.40 and Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:ILMN) which gained 4.55% to close at 139.74.
The worst performers were Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) which was down 8.92% to 16.14 in late trade, Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) which lost 7.75% to settle at 58.00 and Charles River Laboratories (NYSE:CRL) which was down 5.17% to 215.19 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Sentage Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:SNTG) which rose 62.91% to 3.47, Zoomcar Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ZCAR) which was up 60.96% to settle at 6.39 and Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp IV (NASDAQ:MCAF) which gained 48.14% to close at 21.48.
The worst performers were Denali Capital Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:DECA) which was down 35.44% to 7.05 in late trade, Elicio Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ELTX) which lost 30.31% to settle at 5.45 and Top KingWin Ltd (NASDAQ:TCJH) which was down 29.06% to 0.83 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2042 to 814 and 78 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2223 fell and 1192 advanced, while 101 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.45% to 12.76.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.10% or 1.95 to $2,035.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.02% or 1.43 to hit $72.20 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.85% or 1.41 to trade at $77.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.18% to 144.49.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 102.24.