Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.08%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.12%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which rose 0.99% or 0.83 points to trade at 84.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 0.97% or 2.00 points to end at 207.75 and Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) was up 0.87% or 1.53 points to 177.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which fell 2.18% or 2.69 points to trade at 120.91 at the close. 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) declined 1.99% or 3.37 points to end at 165.82 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was down 1.51% or 0.87 points to 56.42.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were EQT Corporation (NYSE:EQT) which rose 3.91% to 15.67, Harris Corporation (NYSE:LHX) which was up 3.56% to settle at 191.26 and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which gained 3.46% to close at 33.15.
The worst performers were DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc (NYSE:DVA) which was down 5.37% to 52.53 in late trade, L Brands Inc (NYSE:LB) which lost 4.17% to settle at 26.40 and Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which was down 3.21% to 10.86 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were ARC Group Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ:ARCW) which rose 60.39% to 0.420, Top Ships Inc (NASDAQ:TOPS) which was up 43.67% to settle at 0.6537 and Electrameccanica Vehicles Corp (NASDAQ:SOLO) which gained 35.34% to close at 3.1400.
The worst performers were Naked Brand Group Ltd (NASDAQ:NAKD) which was down 31.93% to 0.180 in late trade, Taronis Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:TRNX) which lost 28.49% to settle at 0.195 and MMTEC Inc (NASDAQ:MTC) which was down 22.08% to 15.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1513 to 1477 and 34 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1427 rose and 1232 declined, while 84 ended unchanged.
Shares in Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) rose to all time highs; up 0.87% or 1.53 to 177.72.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.93% to 14.09.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.02% or 0.35 to $1399.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.23% or 0.71 to hit $58.37 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $64.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1207, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 108.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 97.093.