U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.05%

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 lost 0.05%, while the index fell 0.57%, and the index lost 1.04%.

The best performers of the session on the were Chevron Corp (NYSE:), which rose 1.92% or 3.14 points to trade at 166.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) added 1.87% or 6.08 points to end at 330.73 and Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:) was up 1.61% or 3.00 points to 189.21 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:), which fell 1.83% or 6.17 points to trade at 331.77 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:) declined 1.78% or 2.76 points to end at 151.99 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) was down 1.71% or 3.06 points to 176.30.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ:) which rose 6.80% to 37.09, PNC Financial Services Group Inc (NYSE:) which was up 5.70% to settle at 124.75 and KeyCorp (NYSE:) which gained 4.91% to close at 11.76.

The worst performers were Oracle Corporation (NYSE:) which was down 13.50% to 109.60 in late trade, Advance Auto Parts Inc (NYSE:) which lost 8.11% to settle at 57.47 and Northern Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 6.79% to 71.85 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Axcella Health Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 59.17% to 1.14, Avalo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 45.47% to settle at 0.12 and Impel Neuropharma Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 34.55% to close at 0.55.

The worst performers were ACELYRIN Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 54.12% to 12.80 in late trade, Datasea Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 50.67% to settle at 0.32 and Sight Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 49.62% to 3.28 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1483 to 1419 and 80 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1857 fell and 1598 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged.

Shares in Advance Auto Parts Inc (NYSE:) fell to 5-year lows; falling 8.11% or 5.07 to 57.47. Shares in ACELYRIN Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 54.12% or 15.10 to 12.80. Shares in Datasea Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 50.67% or 0.33 to 0.32. Shares in Sight Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 49.62% or 3.23 to 3.28.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.12% to 14.23.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.59% or 11.55 to $1,935.65 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.83% or 1.60 to hit $88.89 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.64% or 1.49 to trade at $92.13 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.10% to 1.07, while USD/JPY rose 0.36% to 147.10.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 104.31.