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 declined 0.14%, while the index declined 0.16%, and the index declined 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the were Boeing Co (NYSE:), which rose 4.24% or 7.58 points to trade at 186.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:) added 2.11% or 3.86 points to end at 186.41 and Travelers Companies (NYSE:) was up 1.51% or 3.11 points to 208.53 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:), which fell 3.39% or 3.19 points to trade at 90.94 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:) declined 2.12% or 5.49 points to end at 254.05 and Nike Inc (NYSE:) was down 1.95% or 1.46 points to 73.40.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Pentair PLC (NYSE:) which rose 9.00% to 87.19, MSCI Inc (NYSE:) which was up 7.90% to settle at 546.01 and Sherwin-Williams Co (NYSE:) which gained 6.87% to close at 344.50.
The worst performers were United Parcel Service Inc (NYSE:) which was down 12.05% to 127.68 in late trade, PACCAR Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 10.97% to settle at 97.10 and Smith AO Corporation (NYSE:) which was down 9.39% to 80.47 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Nauticus Robotics Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 3,545.48% to 3.27, Regencell Bioscience Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was up 343.92% to settle at 14.96 and Salarius Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 69.48% to close at 2.61.
The worst performers were FlyE Group Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 81.66% to 1.17 in late trade, Transcode Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 61.70% to settle at 0.30 and Jaguar Health Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 58.78% to 1.76 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1521 to 1308 and 89 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1979 rose and 1341 declined, while 137 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pentair PLC (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; up 9.00% or 7.20 to 87.19. Shares in United Parcel Service Inc (NYSE:) fell to 3-years lows; down 12.05% or 17.50 to 127.68. Shares in FlyE Group Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 81.66% or 5.21 to 1.17. Shares in Transcode Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 61.70% or 0.49 to 0.30. Shares in Jaguar Health Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 58.78% or 2.51 to 1.76.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.27% to 14.72.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.56% or 13.35 to $2,408.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.25% or 0.98 to hit $77.42 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.07% or 0.88 to trade at $81.52 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.89% to 155.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 104.18.
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