Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 1.14%, while the S&P 500 index fell 1.25%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 1.47%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Home Depot Inc (N:HD), which rose 1.37% or 1.68 points to trade at 124.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Wal-Mart Stores Inc (N:WMT) added 1.30% or 0.85 points to end at 66.48 and Nike Inc (N:NKE) was up 0.07% or 0.04 points to 60.21 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chevron Corporation (N:CVX), which fell 4.40% or 3.91 points to trade at 84.91 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (N:JPM) declined 4.18% or 2.45 points to end at 56.12 and Microsoft Corporation (O:MSFT) was down 2.79% or 1.47 points to 51.18.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Frontier Communications Corporation (O:FTR) which rose 12.64% to 5.08, Motorola Solutions Inc (N:MSI) which was up 6.05% to settle at 70.78 and Scripps Networks Interactive Inc (N:SNI) which gained 3.96% to close at 58.04.
The worst performers were Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (N:COG) which was down 10.59% to 19.26 in late trade, Range Resources Corporation (N:RRC) which lost 9.16% to settle at 22.61 and CONSOL Energy Inc (N:CNX) which was down 9.03% to 7.91 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Newport Corporation (O:NEWP) which rose 51.33% to 22.76, Second Sight Medical Products (O:EYES) which was up 28.36% to settle at 6.79 and Draftday Fantasy Sports Inc (O:DDAY) which gained 22.23% to close at 0.3899.
The worst performers were Ptc Therape (O:PTCT) which was down 61.64% to 10.84 in late trade, Moko Social (O:MOKO) which lost 31.52% to settle at 0.2801 and Professional Diversity Network Inc (O:IPDN) which was down 28.44% to 0.2310 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2205 to 1162 and 31 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1766 fell and 812 advanced, while 52 ended unchanged.
Shares in Newport Corporation (O:NEWP) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 51.33% or 7.72 to 22.76. Shares in Ptc Therape (O:PTCT) fell to all time lows; down 61.64% or 17.42 to 10.84.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 7.59% to 20.85.
Gold for April delivery was up 1.34% or 16.20 to $1226.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 4.79% or 1.60 to hit $31.79 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 3.86% or 1.34 to trade at $33.35 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1015, while USD/JPY fell 0.73% to 112.10.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 97.47.