Investing.com – United States stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher while losses in the Health Care, Technology and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.36% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.17%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), which rose 1.71% or 1.92 points to trade at 113.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) added 1.46% or 0.62 points to end at 42.97 and EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD) was up 1.42% or 1.05 points to 75.19 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which fell 2.97% or 1.75 points to trade at 57.21 at the close. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) declined 2.30% or 2.46 points to end at 104.28 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was down 1.99% or 0.64 points to 31.45.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) which rose 10.15% to 20.29, Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX) which was up 4.11% to settle at 85.72 and Walgreen Co (NYSE:WAG) which gained 3.02% to close at 76.51.
The worst performers were Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG) which was down 6.18% to 106.49 in late trade, Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ALXN) which lost 4.68% to settle at 179.35 and Biogen Idec Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) which was down 4.48% to 336.50 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Cache Inc (NASDAQ:CACH) which rose 63.55% to 0.18, Kingtone Wirelessinfo Solution (NASDAQ:KONE) which was up 30.20% to settle at 3.190 and Peerless Systems Corporation (NASDAQ:PRLS) which gained 29.52% to close at 6.840.
The worst performers were Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ACHN) which was down 23.60% to 11.84 in late trade, Cleveland BioLabs Inc (NASDAQ:CBLI) which lost 23.19% to settle at 0.265 and China Housing & Land Development (NASDAQ:CHLN) which was down 19.88% to 0.473 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1912 to 884 and 2 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1419 rose and 1352 declined, while 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Walgreen Co (NYSE:WAG) rose to 52 week highs; rising 3.02% or 2.24 to 76.51.
Shares in EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD) rose to 52 week highs; gaining 1.42% or 1.05 to 75.19.
Shares in Cleveland BioLabs Inc (NASDAQ:CBLI) fell to 52 week lows; down 23.19% or 0.080 to 0.265.
Shares in Peerless Systems Corporation (NASDAQ:PRLS) rose to 52 week highs; gaining 29.52% or 1.559 to 6.840.
Shares in China Housing & Land Development (NASDAQ:CHLN) fell to 52 week lows; falling 19.88% or 0.117 to 0.473.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.28% to 14.75.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.40% or 4.70 to $1175.10 a troy ounce.
Elsewhere in commodities trading, crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.56% or 1.97 to hit $57.23 a barrel, while the February brent oil contract rose 2.80% or 1.69 to trade at $61.80 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.2170, while USD/JPY rose 0.57% to 120.75.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.46% at 90.35.