Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.42%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.28%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 1.06% or 3.54 points to trade at 337.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 0.66% or 1.54 points to end at 235.49 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was up 0.61% or 0.88 points to 144.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which fell 2.66% or 2.44 points to trade at 89.20 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) declined 1.70% or 2.35 points to end at 135.88 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was down 1.67% or 1.00 points to 58.93.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Apache Corporation (NYSE:APA) which rose 26.79% to 32.51, Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which was up 8.78% to settle at 58.27 and Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:WDC) which gained 6.77% to close at 67.66.
The worst performers were ConAgra Foods Inc (NYSE:CAG) which was down 3.58% to 32.32 in late trade, Constellation Brands Inc Class A (NYSE:STZ) which lost 3.57% to settle at 183.60 and Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) which was down 3.27% to 155.76 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Genetic Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:GENE) which rose 116.83% to 4.510, Cellect Biotechnology Ltd (NASDAQ:APOP) which was up 69.70% to settle at 4.09 and Genprex Inc (NASDAQ:GNPX) which gained 39.07% to close at 0.4200.
The worst performers were CTI Industries Corporation (NASDAQ:CTIB) which was down 30.00% to 1.82 in late trade, Inpixon (NASDAQ:INPX) which lost 25.78% to settle at 6.8100 and Zion Oil & Gas Inc (NASDAQ:ZN) which was down 25.50% to 0.387 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1582 to 1257 and 78 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1441 fell and 1195 advanced, while 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) rose to 52-week highs; up 8.78% or 4.71 to 58.27. Shares in Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:WDC) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.77% or 4.29 to 67.66. Shares in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 0.66% or 1.54 to 235.49. Shares in Inpixon (NASDAQ:INPX) fell to 52-week highs; falling 25.78% or 2.3655 to 6.8100.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.43% to 13.79.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.46% or 7.20 to $1576.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.95% or 0.60 to hit $62.67 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $68.29 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1149, while USD/JPY rose 0.06% to 108.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 96.662.