Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Utilities and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.95% to hit a new 6-months high, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.10%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which rose 6.87% or 2.73 points to trade at 42.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) added 4.69% or 8.42 points to end at 187.78 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) was up 3.68% or 2.92 points to 82.32 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which fell 4.85% or 12.58 points to trade at 246.70 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) declined 3.66% or 7.99 points to end at 210.40 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was down 1.19% or 1.54 points to 127.41.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP) which rose 10.37% to 26.83, DR Horton Inc (NYSE:DHI) which was up 9.44% to settle at 71.08 and Nordstrom Inc (NYSE:JWN) which gained 8.91% to close at 17.60.
The worst performers were Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was down 12.47% to 16.85 in late trade, Xilinx Inc (NASDAQ:XLNX) which lost 6.51% to settle at 121.86 and Synopsys Inc (NASDAQ:SNPS) which was down 6.10% to 219.52 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Greenland Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:GTEC) which rose 96.58% to 4.60, Summit Wireless Technologies (NASDAQ:WISA) which was up 58.22% to settle at 3.3700 and Vaccinex Inc (NASDAQ:VCNX) which gained 49.45% to close at 2.72.
The worst performers were Kandi Technologies Group Inc (NASDAQ:KNDI) which was down 23.71% to 5.93 in late trade, OrganiGram Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:OGI) which lost 23.12% to settle at 1.23 and Praxis Precision Medicines Inc (NASDAQ:PRAX) which was down 22.48% to 27.73 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1983 to 935 and 79 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1774 rose and 1024 declined, while 58 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.56% to 25.09.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.04% or 19.20 to $1873.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.78% or 1.12 to hit $41.41 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.97% or 1.26 to trade at $43.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1809, while USD/JPY fell 0.03% to 105.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 92.782.