Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Health Care sectors led shares lower.
At the close in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.15%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.26%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which rose 0.82% or 0.77 points to trade at 95.23 at the close. Meanwhile, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) added 0.51% or 0.52 points to end at 103.07 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) was up 0.42% or 0.38 points to 90.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD), which fell 1.69% or 1.26 points to trade at 73.15 at the close. Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) declined 1.59% or 1.68 points to end at 104.20 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was down 1.01% or 0.33 points to 32.44.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were McGraw-Hill (NYSE:MHFI) which rose 5.98% to 90.89, Gannett Co Inc (NYSE:GCI) which was up 3.68% to settle at 31.27 and Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc (NYSE:DO) which gained 2.95% to close at 33.13.
The worst performers were Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which was down 7.46% to 21.06 in late trade, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ:GT) which lost 7.08% to settle at 26.05 and Marathon Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:MPC) which was down 5.34% to 80.86 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Lilis Energy Inc (NASDAQ:LLEX) which rose 51.19% to 0.953, Porter Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:PBIB) which was up 26.54% to settle at 0.610 and Intersect ENT Inc (NASDAQ:XENT) which gained 22.93% to close at 23.16.
The worst performers were Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA (NASDAQ:ASPS) which was down 38.86% to 16.47 in late trade, Westmoreland Coal Company (NASDAQ:WLBPZ) which lost 25.31% to settle at 56.552 and CollabRx Inc (NASDAQ:CLRX) which was down 21.09% to 0.860 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1495 to 1309; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1493 fell and 1272 advanced, while 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA (NASDAQ:ASPS) fell to 3-year lows; falling 38.86% or 10.47 to 16.47. Shares in Intersect ENT Inc (NASDAQ:XENT) rose to all time highs; gaining 22.93% or 4.32 to 23.16.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.32% to 20.25.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.15% or 1.80 to $1231.00 a troy ounce.
Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in February rose 0.77% or 0.35 to hit $46.42 a barrel, while the March Brent Oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.56 to trade at $48.13 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.1774, while USD/JPY fell 0.40% to 117.89.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 92.45.