Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.02%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.05%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), which rose 1.54% or 1.32 points to trade at 86.79 at the close. Meanwhile, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 1.09% or 1.75 points to end at 161.60 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was up 0.85% or 2.02 points to 239.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which fell 2.65% or 4.09 points to trade at 150.17 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) declined 2.04% or 1.22 points to end at 58.56 and United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) was down 1.02% or 1.19 points to 115.96.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) which rose 6.41% to 136.39, Synchrony Financial (NYSE:SYF) which was up 4.55% to settle at 30.99 and Range Resources Corporation (NYSE:RRC) which gained 4.11% to close at 17.61.
The worst performers were Advance Auto Parts Inc (NYSE:AAP) which was down 20.34% to 87.08 in late trade, Coach Inc (NYSE:COH) which lost 15.19% to settle at 40.64 and CenturyLink Inc (NYSE:CTL) which was down 6.47% to 20.54 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Tandem Dtes Care (NASDAQ:TNDM) which rose 37.27% to 0.76, Interpace Diagnostics Group Inc (NASDAQ:IDXG) which was up 30.51% to settle at 1.0800 and Intellipharmaceutics International (NASDAQ:IPCI) which gained 28.34% to close at 1.090.
The worst performers were root9B Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:RTNB) which was down 54.26% to 0.8690 in late trade, TearLab Corp (NASDAQ:TEAR) which lost 22.71% to settle at 1.6771 and Cancer Gent (NASDAQ:CGIX) which was down 20.51% to 3.100 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2039 to 1085 and 123 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1668 fell and 817 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged.
Shares in Advance Auto Parts Inc (NYSE:AAP) fell to 3-years lows; down 20.34% or 22.24 to 87.08. Shares in CenturyLink Inc (NYSE:CTL) fell to 5-year lows; falling 6.47% or 1.42 to 20.54. Shares in American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.54% or 1.32 to 86.79. Shares in Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) rose to all time highs; up 1.09% or 1.75 to 161.60. Shares in root9B Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:RTNB) fell to 52-week lows; losing 54.26% or 1.0310 to 0.8690.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.00% to 11.96.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.94% or 12.12 to $1278.28 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $47.59 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.11 to trade at $50.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.1736, while USD/JPY rose 0.87% to 110.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 93.74.