U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.01%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil&Gas, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.01%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.16%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.59%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW), which rose 2.32% or 1.15 points to trade at 50.65 at the close. Meanwhile, American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) added 2.32% or 3.50 points to end at 154.37 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was up 2.03% or 3.49 points to 175.32 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which fell 2.11% or 3.05 points to trade at 141.17 at the close. Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) declined 1.29% or 1.99 points to end at 151.70 and Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) was down 1.14% or 2.40 points to 208.86.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Under Armour Inc A (NYSE:UAA) which rose 4.79% to 9.84, Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE) which was up 4.75% to settle at 105.56 and Ralph Lauren Corp Class A (NYSE:RL) which gained 4.36% to close at 112.66.

The worst performers were Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:ILMN) which was down 3.84% to 208.57 in late trade, PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) which lost 2.87% to settle at 77.64 and Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which was down 2.83% to 303.39 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Otonomy Inc (NASDAQ:OTIC) which rose 113.82% to 0.23, Apollo Endosurgery Inc (NASDAQ:APEN) which was up 67.83% to settle at 10.07 and OncoSec Medical Inc (NASDAQ:ONCS) which gained 50.98% to close at 3.85.

The worst performers were Digital Brands Group Inc (NASDAQ:DBGI) which was down 34.17% to 4.74 in late trade, Eqonex Ltd (NASDAQ:EQOS) which lost 33.88% to settle at 0.09 and Secoo Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:SECO) which was down 31.91% to 1.60 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1854 to 1239 and 107 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1909 fell and 1834 advanced, while 179 ended unchanged.

Shares in Apollo Endosurgery Inc (NASDAQ:APEN) rose to 52-week highs; up 67.83% or 4.07 to 10.07. Shares in Eqonex Ltd (NASDAQ:EQOS) fell to all time lows; falling 33.88% or 0.05 to 0.09. Shares in Secoo Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:SECO) fell to all time lows; down 31.91% or 0.75 to 1.60.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.44% to 21.89.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.46% or 8.05 to $1,748.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.88% or 1.45 to hit $78.69 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.78 to trade at $84.67 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.03, while USD/JPY fell 0.18% to 138.70.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 106.75.