Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.55%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.17%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which rose 2.57% or 10.18 points to trade at 406.34 at the close. Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) added 2.39% or 3.93 points to end at 168.28 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) was up 2.19% or 9.59 points to 447.13 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which fell 2.03% or 3.13 points to trade at 151.03 at the close. Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) declined 1.83% or 5.42 points to end at 291.42 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was down 1.47% or 0.73 points to 49.10.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR) which rose 9.17% to 144.71, APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA) which was up 7.31% to settle at 28.47 and Nov Inc (NYSE:NOV) which gained 6.87% to close at 12.92.
The worst performers were Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) which was down 12.31% to 121.01 in late trade, Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE:A) which lost 4.91% to settle at 154.78 and MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) which was down 4.56% to 42.51 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Aptevo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:APVO) which rose 160.96% to 16.91, Pasithea Therapeutics Corp (NASDAQ:KTTA) which was up 153.39% to settle at 5.60 and Qualigen Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:QLGN) which gained 104.00% to close at 2.550.
The worst performers were Society Pass Inc (NASDAQ:SOPA) which was down 71.29% to 11.19 in late trade, Longeveron LLC (NASDAQ:LGVN) which lost 39.57% to settle at 17.040 and Enjoy Technology Inc (NASDAQ:ENJY) which was down 34.00% to 4.270 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1699 to 1578 and 116 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2136 fell and 1608 advanced, while 184 ended unchanged.
Shares in Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR) rose to all time highs; gaining 9.17% or 12.15 to 144.71. Shares in Society Pass Inc (NASDAQ:SOPA) fell to all time lows; falling 71.29% or 27.79 to 11.19. Shares in Pasithea Therapeutics Corp (NASDAQ:KTTA) rose to all time highs; up 153.39% or 3.39 to 5.60. Shares in Enjoy Technology Inc (NASDAQ:ENJY) fell to all time lows; falling 34.00% or 2.200 to 4.270.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.10% to 19.38 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.89% or 16.10 to $1790.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.64% or 2.03 to hit $78.78 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 3.55% or 2.83 to trade at $82.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1249, while USD/JPY rose 0.24% to 115.13.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 96.498.