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 fell 0.61%, while the index declined 0.39%, and the index lost 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the were Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:), which rose 1.78% or 2.56 points to trade at 146.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:) added 1.36% or 0.85 points to end at 63.40 and Nike Inc (NYSE:) was up 1.01% or 0.78 points to 77.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:), which fell 2.60% or 12.98 points to trade at 485.52 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) declined 1.99% or 11.65 points to end at 574.68 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) was down 1.75% or 6.24 points to 350.99.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Pfizer Inc (NYSE:) which rose 4.67% to 26.43, Fox Corp Class A (NASDAQ:) which was up 4.27% to settle at 49.07 and Fox Corp Class B (NASDAQ:) which gained 4.08% to close at 46.47.
The worst performers were Humana Inc (NYSE:) which was down 10.20% to 233.89 in late trade, Amentum Holdings LLC (NYSE:) which lost 9.59% to settle at 21.51 and CVS Health Corp (NYSE:) which was down 5.49% to 44.04 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were 22nd Century Group Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 10,304.76% to 4.37, Nukkleus Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 754.68% to settle at 11.88 and Portage Biotech Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 182.50% to close at 9.04.
The worst performers were Vaccinex Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 62.10% to 1.41 in late trade, Tenaya Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 51.04% to settle at 1.41 and Insight Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) which was down 45.45% to 3.00 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2090 to 736 and 52 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2094 fell and 1229 advanced, while 99 ended unchanged.
Shares in Humana Inc (NYSE:) fell to 3-years lows; losing 10.20% or 26.57 to 233.89. Shares in Fox Corp Class A (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.27% or 2.01 to 49.07. Shares in Fox Corp Class B (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; up 4.08% or 1.82 to 46.47. Shares in CVS Health Corp (NYSE:) fell to 5-year lows; down 5.49% or 2.56 to 44.04. Shares in 22nd Century Group Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 3-years lows; rising 10,304.76% or 4.33 to 4.37. Shares in Vaccinex Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 62.10% or 2.31 to 1.41. Shares in Tenaya Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 51.04% or 1.47 to 1.41. Shares in Insight Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 45.45% or 2.50 to 3.00.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 8.03% to 15.87.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.30% or 7.99 to $2,662.01 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.24% or 0.88 to hit $69.83 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.78% or 0.58 to trade at $73.33 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.05, while USD/JPY fell 0.40% to 153.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 106.66.
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