Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Technology and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.71%, while the S&P 500 index fell 1.15%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.87%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), which rose 4.94% or 6.63 points to trade at 140.75 at the close. Meanwhile, McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) added 2.68% or 6.71 points to end at 257.09 and Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) was up 1.64% or 1.02 points to 63.21 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), which fell 7.60% or 10.04 points to trade at 121.98 at the close. Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) declined 3.85% or 6.83 points to end at 170.46 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was down 3.73% or 4.08 points to 105.20.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) which rose 4.94% to 140.75, General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) which was up 4.61% to settle at 71.51 and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) which gained 4.36% to close at 78.92.
The worst performers were Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT) which was down 7.77% to 56.26 in late trade, Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) which lost 7.60% to settle at 121.98 and Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was down 7.41% to 8.50 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Ayala Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:AYLA) which rose 94.25% to 1.69, Pagaya (NASDAQ:PGY) which was up 73.11% to settle at 16.74 and Freight Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:FRGT) which gained 67.57% to close at 2.48.
The worst performers were Revelation Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:REVB) which was down 51.39% to 0.49 in late trade, Luokung Technology Corp (NASDAQ:LKCO) which lost 41.19% to settle at 0.24 and Exela Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:XELA) which was down 36.43% to 1.85 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1920 to 1160 and 109 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2332 fell and 1410 advanced, while 207 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pagaya (NASDAQ:PGY) rose to all time highs; rising 73.11% or 7.07 to 16.74. Shares in Luokung Technology Corp (NASDAQ:LKCO) fell to all time lows; falling 41.19% or 0.16 to 0.24.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 5.69% to 24.69.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.21% or 3.55 to $1,715.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.48% or 1.43 to hit $95.27 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.70% or 0.70 to trade at $99.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.99% to 1.01, while USD/JPY rose 0.15% to 136.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.67% at 107.07.