U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.36%

Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Utilities, Oil&Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.36%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.16%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.81%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 1.74% or 5.12 points to trade at 298.89 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) added 1.52% or 2.29 points to end at 152.98 and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) was up 1.30% or 2.44 points to 190.83 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which lost 1.94% or 7.82 points to trade at 395.07 in late trade. Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) declined 1.66% or 1.11 points to end at 65.56 and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) shed 1.47% or 3.70 points to 248.67.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Cadence Design Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CDNS) which rose 12.53% to 284.45, Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) which was up 12.04% to settle at 73.60 and F5 Networks Inc (NASDAQ:FFIV) which gained 10.06% to close at 240.33.

The worst performers were Stanley Black&Decker Inc (NYSE:SWK) which was down 8.77% to 93.89 in late trade, Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) which lost 8.49% to settle at 10.41 and DR Horton Inc (NYSE:DHI) which was down 7.24% to 167.32 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were GlycoMimetics Inc (NASDAQ:GLYC) which rose 191.32% to 0.49, BIO-Key International Inc (NASDAQ:BKYI) which was up 76.81% to settle at 1.22 and JLong Group Ltd (NASDAQ:JL) which gained 65.61% to close at 0.78.

The worst performers were Hanryu Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:HRYU) which was down 50.32% to 0.25 in late trade, Digital Brands Group Inc (NASDAQ:DBGI) which lost 33.83% to settle at 0.10 and Lilium NV (NASDAQ:LILM) which was down 30.94% to 0.10 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1897 to 920 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1819 fell and 1489 advanced, while 106 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.32% to 19.34.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.04% or 28.65 to $2,784.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $67.42 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $70.98 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.08, while USD/JPY rose 0.06% to 153.38.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 104.16.