Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.01%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.03%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which rose 1.48% or 1.62 points to trade at 110.99 at the close. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) added 1.42% or 0.20 points to end at 14.27 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) was up 1.30% or 1.63 points to 126.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which lost 1.49% or 0.71 points to trade at 47.02 in late trade. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) declined 1.27% or 0.88 points to end at 68.46 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) shed 1.08% or 0.62 points to 56.76.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE:JEC) which rose 9.50% to 62.10, Expeditors International Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD) which was up 8.77% to settle at 69.58 and Gartner Inc (NYSE:IT) which gained 5.44% to close at 130.53.
The worst performers were DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH) which was down 12.06% to 29.81 in late trade, Henry Schein Inc (NASDAQ:HSIC) which lost 6.80% to settle at 71.08 and Comcast Corp (NASDAQ:CMCSA) which was down 5.56% to 30.59 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Amedica Corp (NASDAQ:AMDA) which rose 181.98% to 3.130, ProPhase Labs Inc (NASDAQ:PRPH) which was up 55.21% to settle at 4.470 and Blink Charging Co (NASDAQ:BLNK) which gained 54.21% to close at 6.2300.
The worst performers were Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ARLZ) which was down 67.34% to 0.50 in late trade, Gogo Inc (NASDAQ:GOGO) which lost 35.66% to settle at 5.06 and Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc (NASDAQ:HMNY) which was down 31.28% to 1.450 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1533 to 1526 and 119 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1400 rose and 1140 declined, while 122 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.14% to 14.73 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.05% or 0.70 to $1314.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.44% or 1.02 to hit $69.71 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.67% or 0.51 to trade at $75.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.49% to 1.1864, while USD/JPY rose 0.04% to 109.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 92.94.