Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.17%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.10%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which rose 1.09% or 0.59 points to trade at 54.89 at the close. Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) added 0.79% or 0.60 points to end at 76.72 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 0.62% or 0.95 points to 153.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), which lost 1.50% or 1.60 points to trade at 105.08 in late trade. Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) declined 1.14% or 0.39 points to end at 33.90 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) shed 1.12% or 0.72 points to 63.29.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Marriott International Inc (NASDAQ:MAR) which rose 6.36% to 102.50, American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) which was up 4.76% to settle at 47.08 and United Continental Holdings Inc (NYSE:UAL) which gained 4.76% to close at 78.55.
The worst performers were Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) which was down 8.86% to 42.30 in late trade, Tegna Inc (NYSE:TGNA) which lost 6.75% to settle at 24.0500 and Frontier Communications Corporation (NASDAQ:FTR) which was down 6.54% to 1.43 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Cleantech Solutions International Inc (NASDAQ:CLNT) which rose 67.28% to 5.470, World Acceptance Corporation (NASDAQ:WRLD) which was up 38.58% to settle at 88.00 and Emmis Communications Corp (NASDAQ:EMMS) which gained 30.92% to close at 3.2600.
The worst performers were Scynexis Inc (NASDAQ:SCYX) which was down 36.22% to 1.620 in late trade, Inpixon (NASDAQ:INPX) which lost 34.68% to settle at 2.9000 and First NBC Bank Holding Company (NASDAQ:FNBC) which was down 34.50% to 0.15 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1822 to 1383 and 40 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1283 rose and 1227 declined, while 110 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.05% to 9.97.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.41% or 5.04 to $1222.06 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.97% or 0.45 to hit $45.98 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.11% or 0.55 to trade at $48.79 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.0876, while USD/JPY rose 0.53% to 113.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 99.44.