Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Technology and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.60%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.20%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 1.46% or 2.04 points to trade at 142.00 at the close. Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) added 0.81% or 2.01 points to end at 250.21 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 0.64% or 1.07 points to 169.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW), which lost 2.47% or 1.57 points to trade at 61.94 in late trade. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) declined 2.07% or 5.15 points to end at 243.55 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) shed 1.97% or 2.09 points to 103.98.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Affiliated Managers Group Inc (NYSE:AMG) which rose 6.95% to 166.78, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) which was up 4.75% to settle at 3677.68 and ABIOMED Inc (NASDAQ:ABMD) which gained 3.07% to close at 326.75.
The worst performers were Diamondback Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FANG) which was down 7.06% to 91.14 in late trade, Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) which lost 6.52% to settle at 22.23 and Nov Inc (NYSE:NOV) which was down 6.38% to 14.53 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were BSQUARE Corporation (NASDAQ:BSQR) which rose 75.88% to 7.000, Powerbridge Technologies Co Ltd (NASDAQ:PBTS) which was up 67.78% to settle at 3.0200 and Orbsat Corp (NASDAQ:OSAT) which gained 56.99% to close at 8.540.
The worst performers were Pop Culture Group Co Ltd (NASDAQ:CPOP) which was down 40.52% to 31.76 in late trade, Provention Bio Inc (NASDAQ:PRVB) which lost 26.39% to settle at 6.110 and Astra Space Inc (NASDAQ:ASTR) which was down 19.33% to 12.48 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2162 to 1030 and 111 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2489 fell and 1020 advanced, while 136 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 9.09% to 16.44.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.77% or 13.75 to $1797.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.90% or 1.43 to hit $73.73 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 2.98% or 2.30 to trade at $74.86 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.1823, while USD/JPY fell 0.28% to 110.64.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 92.543.