Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Utilities, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.67%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.57%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 3.21% or 6.50 points to trade at 208.90 at the close. Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) added 2.40% or 5.99 points to end at 255.88 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was up 1.55% or 1.24 points to 81.42 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which lost 9.02% or 3.98 points to trade at 40.12 in late trade. Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) declined 2.64% or 7.37 points to end at 272.20 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) shed 2.45% or 2.91 points to 115.76.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Kohls Corp (NYSE:KSS) which rose 10.48% to 28.89, Capri Holdings Ltd (NYSE:CPRI) which was up 8.76% to settle at 32.78 and Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M) which gained 8.48% to close at 8.70.
The worst performers were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) which was down 9.02% to 40.12 in late trade, CVS Health Corp (NYSE:CVS) which lost 8.78% to settle at 67.02 and Boston Scientific Corp (NYSE:BSX) which was down 8.55% to 34.78 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Riot Blockchain Inc (NASDAQ:RIOT) which rose 48.78% to 6.100, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:LXRX) which was up 37.21% to settle at 1.77 and Miragen Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:MGEN) which gained 30.39% to close at 20.5500.
The worst performers were Brainstorm Cell Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:BCLI) which was down 66.08% to 4.05 in late trade, Westwater Resources Inc (NASDAQ:WWR) which lost 21.37% to settle at 4.930 and Goodrx Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:GDRX) which was down 20.95% to 36.93 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1540 to 1356 and 95 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1388 fell and 1373 advanced, while 84 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.34% to 23.20.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.16% or 3.05 to $1884.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.27% or 0.11 to hit $41.45 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.09% or 0.04 to trade at $43.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1862, while USD/JPY fell 0.35% to 104.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 92.438.