Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.53%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.84%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.46%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 1.23% or 4.62 points to trade at 381.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) added 0.66% or 0.78 points to end at 118.40 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was up 0.50% or 0.30 points to 60.51 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW), which fell 2.73% or 1.31 points to trade at 46.60 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) declined 2.67% or 5.71 points to end at 207.75 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was down 2.12% or 1.08 points to 49.82.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Intuitive Surgical Inc (NASDAQ:ISRG) which rose 2.56% to 541.46, ConAgra Foods Inc (NYSE:CAG) which was up 2.28% to settle at 29.56 and Hanesbrands Inc (NYSE:HBI) which gained 2.27% to close at 14.89.
The worst performers were Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) which was down 6.72% to 12.22 in late trade, Helmerich and Payne Inc (NYSE:HP) which lost 5.93% to settle at 40.76 and Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) which was down 5.43% to 19.49 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were NXT-ID Inc (NASDAQ:NXTD) which rose 39.31% to 0.6500, Ovid Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:OVID) which was up 25.51% to settle at 3.10 and Guardion Health Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:GHSI) which gained 22.00% to close at 0.7930.
The worst performers were Pintec Technology Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:PT) which was down 28.51% to 1.63 in late trade, Sienna Biopharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SNNA) which lost 22.47% to settle at 0.11 and Uxin Ltd (NASDAQ:UXIN) which was down 20.07% to 2.23 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2028 to 867 and 79 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2123 fell and 545 advanced, while 64 ended unchanged.
Shares in Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.66% or 0.78 to 118.40. Shares in Pintec Technology Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:PT) fell to all time lows; falling 28.51% or 0.65 to 1.63. Shares in Sienna Biopharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SNNA) fell to all time lows; losing 22.47% or 0.03 to 0.11.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 14.35% to 17.05.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.51% or 7.75 to $1539.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.14% or 1.84 to hit $56.80 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $62.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1016, while USD/JPY rose 0.00% to 107.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 97.938.