Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Healthcare, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.26% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.04%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 4.01% or 9.63 points to trade at 250.00 at the close. Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) added 2.71% or 3.83 points to end at 145.08 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was up 2.87% or 6.06 points to 217.04 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which fell 2.40% or 1.21 points to trade at 49.17 at the close. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) declined 1.64% or 3.88 points to end at 233.33 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was down 1.47% or 1.99 points to 133.38.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) which rose 8.89% to 73.64, Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was up 8.64% to settle at 22.38 and Cboe Global Markets Inc (NYSE:CBOE) which gained 7.72% to close at 96.29.
The worst performers were TechnipFMC PLC (NYSE:FTI) which was down 21.00% to 8.14 in late trade, Allegion PLC (NYSE:ALLE) which lost 7.09% to settle at 109.88 and NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) which was down 5.95% to 40.48 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Socket Mobile Inc (NASDAQ:SCKT) which rose 721.91% to 26.630, Pyxis Tankers Inc (NASDAQ:PXS) which was up 120.26% to settle at 3.370 and Luokung Technology Corp (NASDAQ:LKCO) which gained 83.65% to close at 2.920.
The worst performers were Cortexyme Inc (NASDAQ:CRTX) which was down 36.15% to 30.31 in late trade, Bluebird bio Inc (NASDAQ:BLUE) which lost 35.95% to settle at 29.31 and Ehang Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:EH) which was down 33.21% to 82.88 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1570 to 1557 and 55 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1761 rose and 1429 declined, while 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) rose to all time highs; up 2.71% or 3.83 to 145.08. Shares in Socket Mobile Inc (NASDAQ:SCKT) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 721.91% or 23.390 to 26.630. Shares in Pyxis Tankers Inc (NASDAQ:PXS) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 120.26% or 1.840 to 3.370. Shares in Bluebird bio Inc (NASDAQ:BLUE) fell to 5-year lows; falling 35.95% or 16.45 to 29.31. Shares in Luokung Technology Corp (NASDAQ:LKCO) rose to 52-week highs; up 83.65% or 1.330 to 2.920.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 5.86% to 21.14.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.50% or 27.40 to $1795.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.21% or 0.72 to hit $60.19 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.24% or 0.15 to trade at $63.45 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.2116, while USD/JPY rose 0.52% to 105.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 90.507.