U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.04%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.04%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.01%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.25%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which rose 1.32% or 2.19 points to trade at 167.59 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) added 1.20% or 0.64 points to end at 54.07 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) was up 1.08% or 0.54 points to 50.73 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which fell 1.60% or 5.03 points to trade at 309.36 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 1.37% or 0.50 points to end at 36.06 and Johnson&Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was down 0.91% or 1.44 points to 156.09.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were VF Corporation (NYSE:VFC) which rose 13.99% to 18.45, U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) which was up 6.90% to settle at 34.87 and Etsy Inc (NASDAQ:ETSY) which gained 5.40% to close at 70.06.

The worst performers were DXC Technology Co (NYSE:DXC) which was down 6.11% to 20.89 in late trade, Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) which lost 6.10% to settle at 86.33 and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) which was down 4.68% to 439.38 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Scisparc Ltd (NASDAQ:SPRC) which rose 122.97% to 6.31, Nkarta Inc (NASDAQ:NKTX) which was up 112.16% to settle at 3.14 and Assembly Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:ASMB) which gained 72.18% to close at 1.25.

The worst performers were Evelo Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:EVLO) which was down 58.76% to 1.20 in late trade, Volcon Inc (NASDAQ:VLCN) which lost 36.27% to settle at 1.30 and BIO-Key International Inc (NASDAQ:BKYI) which was down 34.36% to 0.34 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1809 to 1101 and 74 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2074 rose and 1349 declined, while 157 ended unchanged.

Shares in Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.10% or 5.61 to 86.33. Shares in Evelo Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:EVLO) fell to 5-year lows; falling 58.76% or 1.71 to 1.20. Shares in Volcon Inc (NASDAQ:VLCN) fell to all time lows; falling 36.27% or 0.74 to 1.30. Shares in BIO-Key International Inc (NASDAQ:BKYI) fell to all time lows; down 34.36% or 0.18 to 0.34.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.89% to 17.88.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.04% or 0.80 to $1,935.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.79% or 0.67 to hit $85.93 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.81% or 0.73 to trade at $90.38 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.06, while USD/JPY rose 0.19% to 149.79.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 106.00.