Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.34%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.24%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which rose 2.04% or 3.07 points to trade at 153.35 at the close. Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) added 1.92% or 5.25 points to end at 279.00 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 0.84% or 1.45 points to 174.91 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which lost 2.38% or 1.27 points to trade at 52.17 in late trade. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) declined 2.33% or 4.81 points to end at 201.89 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) shed 1.63% or 0.85 points to 51.33.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) which rose 9.61% to 48.69, VF Corporation (NYSE:VFC) which was up 4.22% to settle at 72.30 and Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) which gained 3.64% to close at 15.64.
The worst performers were HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ) which was down 4.08% to 26.55 in late trade, Citrix Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CTXS) which lost 3.94% to settle at 90.95 and Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which was down 3.61% to 66.72 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were NRX Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:NRXP) which rose 61.06% to 10.92, Tiptree Inc (NASDAQ:TIPT) which was up 32.28% to settle at 14.220 and Nutriband Inc (NASDAQ:NTRB) which gained 31.08% to close at 9.70.
The worst performers were Revance The (NASDAQ:RVNC) which was down 25.09% to 20.45 in late trade, Sphere 3D Corp (NASDAQ:ANY) which lost 15.10% to settle at 7.030 and Columbia Banking System Inc (NASDAQ:COLB) which was down 14.23% to 33.68 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1913 to 1268 and 137 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2143 rose and 1434 declined, while 167 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.75% to 19.85.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.30% or 5.35 to $1761.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $80.55 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.37 to trade at $83.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1531, while USD/JPY rose 0.30% to 113.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 94.517.