Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 1.00%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.43%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV), which rose 1.82% or 1.87 points to trade at 104.48 at the close. Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) added 1.03% or 0.96 points to end at 93.90 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was up 0.77% or 0.36 points to 47.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), which lost 7.03% or 7.77 points to trade at 102.71 in late trade. International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) declined 5.86% or 10.15 points to end at 163.07 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) shed 2.35% or 1.13 points to 46.97.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were CONSOL Energy Inc (NYSE:CNX) which rose 5.34% to 17.55, Harley-Davidson Inc (NYSE:HOG) which was up 4.97% to settle at 57.67 and Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which gained 4.45% to close at 15.72.
The worst performers were Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) which was down 9.54% to 9.29 in late trade, United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) which lost 7.03% to settle at 102.71 and Tegna Inc (NYSE:TGNA) which was down 6.65% to 30.0500 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Xg Technolo (NASDAQ:XGTI) which rose 30.06% to 2.120, Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:CZR) which was up 22.44% to settle at 8.020 and Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ:NEOG) which gained 20.58% to close at 58.41.
The worst performers were Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SHIP) which was down 23.58% to 0.940 in late trade, CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR) which lost 20.00% to settle at 3.040 and United Natural Foods Inc (NASDAQ:UNFI) which was down 16.77% to 52.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1924 to 1164 and 2 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1625 fell and 1162 advanced, while 10 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.24% to 12.22.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $1099.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $50.66 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.05 to trade at $56.92 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.10% to 1.0943, while USD/JPY fell 0.29% to 123.91.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.78% at 97.41.