Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the fell 0.04%, while the index gained 0.03%, and the index gained 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which rose 2.68% or 0.56 points to trade at 21.47 at the close. Meanwhile, Dow Inc (NYSE:) added 1.68% or 0.85 points to end at 51.51 and American Express Company (NYSE:) was up 1.65% or 4.31 points to 265.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walmart Inc (NYSE:), which fell 2.43% or 1.96 points to trade at 78.60 at the close. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:) declined 2.04% or 0.92 points to end at 44.08 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:) was down 1.90% or 11.18 points to 577.96.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 6.31% to 118.53, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:) which was up 5.69% to settle at 18.21 and Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 4.08% to close at 71.99.
The worst performers were Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NYSE:) which was down 83.46% to 155.10 in late trade, Accenture plc (NYSE:) which lost 4.82% to settle at 337.04 and Edwards Lifesciences Corp (NYSE:) which was down 3.07% to 67.23 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Purple Biotech (NASDAQ:) which rose 1,737.91% to 7.37, Nuvve Holding Corp (NASDAQ:) which was up 772.43% to settle at 4.24 and Iveda Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 622.34% to close at 1.73.
The worst performers were Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 89.40% to 0.50 in late trade, Swvl Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:) which lost 43.62% to settle at 3.05 and NuCana PLC (NASDAQ:) 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:) rose to all time highs; up 1.65% or 4.31 to 265.40. Shares in Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 89.40% or 4.18 to 0.50. Shares in Iveda Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 5-year lows; gaining 622.34% or 1.49 to 1.73.
The , 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.
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