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 0.42%, while the index lost 1.10%, and the index fell 1.88%.
The best performers of the session on the were 3M Company (NYSE:), which rose 1.90% or 2.48 points to trade at 132.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) added 1.79% or 2.57 points to end at 146.23 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:) was up 1.58% or 2.33 points to 149.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:), which fell 6.21% or 9.28 points to trade at 140.15 at the close. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:) declined 2.42% or 5.50 points to end at 222.11 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:) was down 1.74% or 0.69 points to 38.92.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 11.65% to 47.53, HCA Holdings Inc (NYSE:) which was up 3.80% to settle at 308.21 and First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 3.38% to close at 197.73.
The worst performers were Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 7.81% to 69.99 in late trade, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:) which lost 6.21% to settle at 140.15 and Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 5.68% to 34.38 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were DatChat Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 355.61% to 8.93, Hoth Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 178.18% to settle at 2.28 and DarioHealth Corp (NASDAQ:) which gained 84.96% to close at 1.53.
The worst performers were DIH Holding US Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 38.70% to 1.79 in late trade, CISO Global Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 37.04% to settle at 1.70 and ACELYRIN Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 36.96% to 2.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1832 to 976 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2187 fell and 1100 advanced, while 134 ended unchanged.
Shares in DatChat Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 355.61% or 6.97 to 8.93. Shares in Hoth Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 178.18% or 1.46 to 2.28. Shares in ACELYRIN Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 36.96% or 1.29 to 2.20.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 11.10% to 17.82.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.66% or 17.57 to $2,664.97 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.98% or 0.72 to hit $74.28 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.00% or 0.76 to trade at $77.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.45% to 1.03, while USD/JPY rose 0.24% to 157.98.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 108.50.
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