U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.86%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.86%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.29%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.08%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:HON ), which rose 3.87% or 8.71 points to trade at 233.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT ) added 1.22% or 5.12 points to end at 423.13 and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN ) was up 1.02% or 2.11 points to 208.91 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN ), which fell 7.14% or 22.97 points to trade at 298.84 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC ) declined 3.47% or 0.87 points to end at 24.18 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW ) was down 2.66% or 1.23 points to 45.04.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Tyson Foods Inc (NYSE:TSN ) which rose 6.55% to 62.66, DexCom Inc (NASDAQ:DXCM ) which was up 5.73% to settle at 74.34 and Live Nation Entertainment Inc (NYSE:LYV ) which gained 4.77% to close at 129.70.

The worst performers were The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS ) which was down 7.78% to 25.85 in late trade, GE Vernova LLC (NYSE:GEV ) which lost 7.36% to settle at 323.71 and Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN ) which was down 7.14% to 298.84 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Shineco Inc (NASDAQ:SISI ) which rose 2,517.39% to 3.01, BTC Digital Ltd (NASDAQ:BTCT ) which was up 316.67% to settle at 10.50 and Nano Labs Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:NA ) which gained 134.04% to close at 7.70.

The worst performers were Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp II (NASDAQ:ACAB ) which was down 47.06% to 5.77 in late trade, Neurogene Inc (NASDAQ:NGNE ) which lost 44.08% to settle at 40.00 and Rockwell Medical Inc (NASDAQ:RMTI ) which was down 39.14% to 2.83 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2200 to 627 and 49 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2226 fell and 1072 advanced, while 118 ended unchanged.

Shares in Live Nation Entertainment Inc (NYSE:LYV ) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.77% or 5.90 to 129.70. Shares in Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:HON ) rose to 3-years highs; up 3.87% or 8.71 to 233.91. Shares in Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW ) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.66% or 1.23 to 45.04. Shares in Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp II (NASDAQ:ACAB ) fell to all time lows; falling 47.06% or 5.13 to 5.77. Shares in BTC Digital Ltd (NASDAQ:BTCT ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 316.67% or 7.98 to 10.50.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.74% to 14.71 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.50% or 13.20 to $2,604.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $68.00 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.07 to trade at $71.76 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.06, while USD/JPY rose 0.59% to 154.61.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 105.84.

Source: Investing.com