Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.29%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.67%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which rose 1.33% or 0.85 points to trade at 64.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) added 1.02% or 0.34 points to end at 33.56 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 0.77% or 0.63 points to 82.51 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), which fell 2.33% or 0.67 points to trade at 28.13 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 1.83% or 0.65 points to end at 34.86 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) was down 1.36% or 1.43 points to 103.94.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:REGN) which rose 5.02% to 495.33, Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ALXN) which was up 2.49% to settle at 119.05 and Lennar Corporation (NYSE:LEN) which gained 2.14% to close at 53.87.
The worst performers were Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR) which was down 7.58% to 1.22 in late trade, Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE:CMG) which lost 7.26% to settle at 425.60 and ONEOK Inc (NYSE:OKE) which was down 5.40% to 47.50 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Delcath Systems Inc (NASDAQ:DCTH) which rose 122.22% to 0.2200, Dextera Surgical Inc (NASDAQ:DXTR) which was up 62.18% to settle at 0.3195 and Fulgent Genetics Inc (NASDAQ:FLGT) which gained 25.56% to close at 6.73.
The worst performers were Zion Oil & Gas Inc (NASDAQ:ZN) which was down 20.00% to 2.200 in late trade, Egalet Corportn (NASDAQ:EGLT) which lost 17.77% to settle at 2.36 and Remark Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MARK) which was down 16.39% to 1.990 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2254 to 959 and 25 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1726 fell and 791 advanced, while 105 ended unchanged.
Shares in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:REGN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.02% or 23.66 to 495.33. Shares in American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) rose to 52-week highs; up 0.77% or 0.63 to 82.51. Shares in Remark Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MARK) fell to 3-years lows; down 16.39% or 0.390 to 1.990.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 4.82% to 10.87.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.21% or 2.59 to $1244.11 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.05% or 0.91 to hit $43.52 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.96% or 0.92 to trade at $45.99 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.1129, while USD/JPY fell 0.05% to 111.47.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 97.43.