Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.60%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.17%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which rose 7.18% or 6.12 points to trade at 91.39 at the close. Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) added 5.06% or 2.15 points to end at 44.65 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 2.83% or 2.71 points to 98.36 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which lost 1.38% or 5.43 points to trade at 388.00 in late trade. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) declined 1.35% or 2.85 points to end at 208.75 and Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) shed 1.00% or 1.99 points to 196.48.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) which rose 10.96% to 17.41, Cimarex Energy Co (NYSE:XEC) which was up 10.91% to settle at 27.25 and Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN) which gained 10.52% to close at 11.35.
The worst performers were FirstEnergy Corporation (NYSE:FE) which was down 16.99% to 34.25 in late trade, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:VRTX) which lost 3.86% to settle at 291.40 and Maxim Integrated Products Inc (NASDAQ:MXIM) which was down 3.32% to 69.00 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Midatech Pharma PLC ADR (NASDAQ:MTP) which rose 152.94% to 4.3000, Novan Inc (NASDAQ:NOVN) which was up 78.26% to settle at 1.2300 and Histogenics Corp (NASDAQ:OCGN) which gained 61.25% to close at 0.3999.
The worst performers were BIO-Key International Inc (NASDAQ:BKYI) which was down 28.57% to 0.6200 in late trade, Biomerica Inc (NASDAQ:BMRA) which lost 24.34% to settle at 9.110 and ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ACAD) which was down 19.36% to 44.69 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2207 to 673 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1636 rose and 1086 declined, while 52 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.55% to 24.84.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.41% or 25.70 to $1843.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.49% or 0.61 to hit $41.53 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $43.97 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1529, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 106.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.68% at 95.118.