Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.29%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.68%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.87%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (N:UNH), which rose 1.22% or 1.49 points to trade at 124.00 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (N:GS) added 0.45% or 0.81 points to end at 181.04 and Walt Disney Company (N:DIS) was up 0.23% or 0.24 points to 106.59 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merck & Company Inc (N:MRK), which lost 2.46% or 1.25 points to trade at 49.46 in late trade. United Technologies Corporation (N:UTX) declined 1.22% or 1.16 points to end at 94.27 and International Business Machines (N:IBM) shed 1.01% or 1.52 points to 149.62.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Molson Coors Brewing Company (N:TAP) which rose 9.94% to 86.58, Aetna Inc (N:AET) which was up 2.62% to settle at 113.27 and Anthem Inc (N:ANTM) which gained 1.86% to close at 146.530.
The worst performers were Ryder System Inc (N:R) which was down 9.29% to 68.62 in late trade, Qorvo Inc (O:QRVO) which lost 4.93% to settle at 44.14 and Martin Marietta Materials Inc (N:MLM) which was down 4.26% to 155.12 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Tantech Holdings Ltd (O:TANH) which rose 33.56% to 9.83, ParkerVision Inc (O:PRKR) which was up 28.71% to settle at 0.260 and Looksmart Ltd (O:LOOK) which gained 19.35% to close at 0.740.
The worst performers were Zafgen Inc (O:ZFGN) which was down 28.89% to 15.75 in late trade, CEPHEID (O:CPHD) which lost 16.45% to settle at 36.21 and Merus Labs International Inc (O:MSLI) which was down 16.15% to 1.350 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1955 to 571; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1765 fell and 729 advanced, while 102 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 7.98% to 17.46.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.30% or 3.50 to $1168.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.11% or 0.53 to hit $46.58 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.37% or 0.69 to trade at $49.56 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1383, while USD/JPY fell 0.22% to 119.77.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 94.80.