U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.36%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology , Consumer Services and Healthcare sectors led shares higher while losses in the Utilities , Oil & Gas and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.36%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.16%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.81%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM ), which rose 1.74% or 5.12 points to trade at 298.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Boeing Co (NYSE:BA ) added 1.52% or 2.29 points to end at 152.98 and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN ) was up 1.30% or 2.44 points to 190.83 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD ), which fell 1.94% or 7.82 points to trade at 395.07 at the close. Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO ) declined 1.66% or 1.11 points to end at 65.56 and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV ) was down 1.47% or 3.70 points to 248.67.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Cadence Design Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CDNS ) which rose 12.53% to 284.45, Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY ) which was up 12.04% to settle at 73.60 and F5 Networks Inc (NASDAQ:FFIV ) which gained 10.06% to close at 240.33.

The worst performers were Stanley Black & Decker Inc (NYSE:SWK ) which was down 8.77% to 93.89 in late trade, Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F ) which lost 8.49% to settle at 10.41 and DR Horton Inc (NYSE:DHI ) which was down 7.24% to 167.32 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were GlycoMimetics Inc (NASDAQ:GLYC ) which rose 191.32% to 0.49, BIO-Key International Inc (NASDAQ:BKYI ) which was up 76.81% to settle at 1.22 and JLong Group Ltd (NASDAQ:JL ) which gained 65.61% to close at 0.78.

The worst performers were Hanryu Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:HRYU ) which was down 50.32% to 0.25 in late trade, Digital Brands Group Inc (NASDAQ:DBGI ) which lost 33.83% to settle at 0.10 and Lilium NV (NASDAQ:LILM ) which was down 30.94% to 0.10 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1897 to 920 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1819 fell and 1489 advanced, while 106 ended unchanged.

Shares in Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 12.04% or 7.91 to 73.60. Shares in F5 Networks Inc (NASDAQ:FFIV ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 10.06% or 21.97 to 240.33. Shares in Digital Brands Group Inc (NASDAQ:DBGI ) fell to 3-years lows; losing 33.83% or 0.05 to 0.10. Shares in Lilium NV (NASDAQ:LILM ) fell to 3-years lows; down 30.94% or 0.04 to 0.10.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.32% to 19.34.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.04% or 28.70 to $2,784.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $67.42 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $70.98 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.08, while USD/JPY rose 0.07% to 153.38.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 104.17.

Source: Investing.com