Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.80%, while the S&P 500 index fell 1.26%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 2.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), which rose 1.52% or 7.74 points to trade at 517.76 at the close. Meanwhile, McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) added 0.68% or 1.68 points to end at 248.51 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was up 0.65% or 1.14 points to 177.61 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which fell 4.46% or 8.53 points to trade at 182.65 at the close. Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) declined 3.98% or 8.71 points to end at 210.14 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was down 2.17% or 1.07 points to 48.13.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc (NYSE:ZBH) which rose 2.60% to 129.13, Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was up 2.43% to settle at 20.22 and JM Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM) which gained 2.32% to close at 137.77.
The worst performers were MarketAxess Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MKTX) which was down 10.97% to 307.60 in late trade, Monolithic Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ:MPWR) which lost 7.41% to settle at 439.38 and Ceridian HCM Holding Inc (NYSE:CDAY) which was down 6.30% to 65.71 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Anghami De Inc (NASDAQ:ANGH) which rose 47.52% to 13.41, Inozyme Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:INZY) which was up 38.60% to settle at 5.96 and Kaspien Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:KSPN) which gained 34.18% to close at 9.50.
The worst performers were Cognyte Software Ltd (NASDAQ:CGNT) which was down 31.13% to 8.03 in late trade, Imara Inc (NASDAQ:IMRA) which lost 22.09% to settle at 1.27 and Immix Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ:IMMX) which was down 22.01% to 2.02 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2626 to 588 and 108 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2861 fell and 1014 advanced, while 172 ended unchanged.
Shares in MarketAxess Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MKTX) fell to 52-week lows; falling 10.97% or 37.91 to 307.60. Shares in Cognyte Software Ltd (NASDAQ:CGNT) fell to 52-week lows; losing 31.13% or 3.63 to 8.03.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 13.25% to 21.03.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.71% or 13.80 to $1,920.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 2.50% or 2.58 to hit $100.70 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 2.00% or 2.15 to trade at $105.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.59% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.69% to 123.63.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 99.47.