Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.13%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.23%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which rose 1.64% or 2.71 points to trade at 168.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) added 1.52% or 0.71 points to end at 47.43 and United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) was up 1.48% or 1.73 points to 118.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), which fell 5.89% or 1.12 points to trade at 17.90 at the close. DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) declined 2.15% or 1.51 points to end at 68.57 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was down 1.51% or 2.63 points to 171.34.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Advance Auto Parts Inc (NYSE:AAP) which rose 16.33% to 95.72, Envision Healthcare Corp (NYSE:EVHC) which was up 10.29% to settle at 28.52 and Mattel Inc (NASDAQ:MAT) which gained 5.10% to close at 18.54.
The worst performers were Newfield Exploration Company (NYSE:NFX) which was down 7.07% to 29.82 in late trade, Range Resources Corporation (NYSE:RRC) which lost 6.62% to settle at 17.35 and EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) which was down 6.16% to 60.60 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were MoSys Inc (NASDAQ:MOSY) which rose 112.42% to 1.4500, Veritone Inc (NASDAQ:VERI) which was up 37.74% to settle at 28.98 and Ossen Innovation Co Ltd (NASDAQ:OSN) which gained 34.76% to close at 2.8300.
The worst performers were root9B Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:RTNB) which was down 40.16% to 0.3351 in late trade, Energy XXI Gulf Coast Inc (NASDAQ:EXXI) which lost 34.25% to settle at 5.4900 and China Recycling Energy Corp (NASDAQ:CREG) which was down 27.99% to 3.8600 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1880 to 1249 and 102 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1368 fell and 1153 advanced, while 122 ended unchanged.
Shares in General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) fell to 5-year lows; falling 5.89% or 1.12 to 17.90. Shares in Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) rose to all time highs; up 1.52% or 0.71 to 47.43. Shares in root9B Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:RTNB) fell to 5-year lows; losing 40.16% or 0.2249 to 0.3351. Shares in Ossen Innovation Co Ltd (NASDAQ:OSN) rose to 52-week highs; up 34.76% or 0.7300 to 2.8300.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.70% to 11.58 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.15% or 1.94 to $1280.84 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.55% or 1.45 to hit $55.31 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 2.23% or 1.41 to trade at $61.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.08% to 1.1793, while USD/JPY fell 0.16% to 113.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.70% at 93.74.