U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.52%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the lost 0.52%, while the index fell 0.27%, and the index fell 0.19%.

The best performers of the session on the were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which rose 1.59% or 0.95 points to trade at 60.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:) added 1.27% or 2.59 points to end at 207.29 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:) was up 0.69% or 2.06 points to 300.53 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE:), which fell 3.33% or 10.78 points to trade at 313.37 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE:) declined 1.96% or 2.27 points to end at 113.31 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) was down 1.51% or 3.76 points to 245.70.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were ABIOMED Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 4.76% to 189.91, CenturyLink Inc (NYSE:) which was up 4.69% to settle at 14.72 and Lennar Corporation (NYSE:) which gained 2.95% to close at 64.94.

The worst performers were Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE:) which was down 7.67% to 15.52 in late trade, MGM Resorts International (NYSE:) which lost 6.22% to settle at 32.39 and Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:) which was down 6.14% to 142.31 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Genprex Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 219.44% to 1.1500, Novavax Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 71.08% to settle at 9.820 and Vaxart Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 38.24% to close at 0.530.

The worst performers were Jiayin Group Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 20.75% to 4.24 in late trade, Kingold Jewelry Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 17.61% to settle at 1.4300 and Durect Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 15.94% to 2.110 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1723 to 1100 and 79 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1643 fell and 1021 advanced, while 71 ended unchanged.

Shares in Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE:) fell to 3-years lows; down 7.67% or 1.29 to 15.52. Shares in Lennar Corporation (NYSE:) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.95% or 1.86 to 64.94. Shares in Boeing Co (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 3.33% or 10.78 to 313.37. Shares in Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; up 1.27% or 2.59 to 207.29. Shares in Jiayin Group Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 20.75% or 1.11 to 4.24.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 6.20% to 12.85.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.15% or 2.35 to $1557.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.55% or 0.32 to hit $58.26 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $64.50 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1083, while USD/JPY fell 0.00% to 109.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 97.370.

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