Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Utilities and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.01%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.58%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 1.67% or 0.76 points to trade at 46.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) added 0.78% or 0.72 points to end at 92.72 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 0.41% or 0.40 points to 97.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT), which fell 10.18% or 10.67 points to trade at 94.11 at the close. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) declined 2.45% or 1.23 points to end at 48.92 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was down 2.33% or 1.31 points to 54.98.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Noble Energy Inc (NYSE:NBL) which rose 10.81% to 29.12, Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) which was up 5.23% to settle at 26.76 and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE:CMG) which gained 3.91% to close at 317.57.
The worst performers were Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) which was down 10.18% to 94.11 in late trade, Genuine Parts Company (NYSE:GPC) which lost 5.17% to settle at 94.67 and Gap Inc (NYSE:GPS) which was down 4.99% to 31.61 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Fogo De Chao Inc (NASDAQ:FOGO) which rose 23.90% to 15.55, Voyager Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VYGR) which was up 22.21% to settle at 23.66 and Orexigen Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:OREX) which gained 18.07% to close at 0.980.
The worst performers were MiMedx Group Inc (NASDAQ:MDXG) which was down 39.56% to 8.74 in late trade, Ubiquiti Networks Inc (NASDAQ:UBNT) which lost 25.34% to settle at 55.28 and Adamas Pharma (NASDAQ:ADMS) which was down 21.85% to 26.39 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2106 to 988 and 114 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1679 fell and 864 advanced, while 114 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 5.65% to 20.56.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.77% or 24.00 to $1332.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.18% or 0.11 to hit $61.66 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.51 to trade at $65.16 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.57% to 1.2336, while USD/JPY rose 0.64% to 107.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 89.64.