U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.04%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.04%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.03%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.20%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC ), which rose 2.68% or 0.56 points to trade at 21.47 at the close. Meanwhile, Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW ) added 1.68% or 0.85 points to end at 51.51 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP ) was up 1.65% or 4.31 points to 265.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT ), which fell 2.43% or 1.96 points to trade at 78.60 at the close. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ ) declined 2.04% or 0.92 points to end at 44.08 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH ) was down 1.90% or 11.18 points to 577.96.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH ) which rose 6.31% to 118.53, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE ) which was up 5.69% to settle at 18.21 and Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA ) which gained 4.08% to close at 71.99.

The worst performers were Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NYSE:DECK ) which was down 83.46% to 155.10 in late trade, Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN ) which lost 4.82% to settle at 337.04 and Edwards Lifesciences Corp (NYSE:EW ) which was down 3.07% to 67.23 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Purple Biotech (NASDAQ:PPBT ) which rose 1,737.91% to 7.37, Nuvve Holding Corp (NASDAQ:NVVE ) which was up 772.43% to settle at 4.24 and Iveda Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:IVDA ) which gained 622.34% to close at 1.73.

The worst performers were Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc (NASDAQ:OMEX ) which was down 89.40% to 0.50 in late trade, Swvl Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SWVL ) which lost 43.62% to settle at 3.05 and NuCana PLC (NASDAQ:NCNA ) which was down 41.92% to 3.70 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1666 to 1151 and 87 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1870 rose and 1415 declined, while 130 ended unchanged.

Shares in American Express Company (NYSE:AXP ) rose to all time highs; up 1.65% or 4.31 to 265.40. Shares in Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc (NASDAQ:OMEX ) fell to 5-year lows; losing 89.40% or 4.18 to 0.50. Shares in Iveda Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:IVDA ) rose to 5-year lows; gaining 622.34% or 1.49 to 1.73.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.74% to 17.61.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.48% or 12.60 to $2,596.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.42% or 0.98 to hit $70.00 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.35% or 0.98 to trade at $73.73 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.14% to 1.11, while USD/JPY rose 1.23% to 142.32.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 100.65.

Source: Investing.com