U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.29%

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, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.29% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.00%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.43%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 2.35% or 5.07 points to trade at 220.60 at the close. Meanwhile, 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) added 1.75% or 1.80 points to end at 104.56 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 1.14% or 1.39 points to 123.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which fell 2.27% or 6.56 points to trade at 282.83 at the close. Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) declined 1.38% or 0.71 points to end at 50.62 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) was down 1.36% or 2.60 points to 188.89.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were CarMax Inc (NYSE:KMX) which rose 9.64% to 72.21, Mohawk Industries Inc (NYSE:MHK) which was up 5.72% to settle at 100.14 and CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:CF) which gained 5.22% to close at 77.56.

The worst performers were Signature Bank (OTC:SBNY) which was down 3.40% to 0.14 in late trade, Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) which lost 3.06% to settle at 155.25 and Warner Bros Discovery Inc (NASDAQ:WBD) which was down 3.05% to 14.93 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Innovative Eyewear Inc (NASDAQ:LUCY) which rose 201.37% to 4.40, Brenmiller Energy Ltd (NASDAQ:BNRG) which was up 74.07% to settle at 2.35 and WW International Inc (NASDAQ:WW) which gained 58.98% to close at 6.55.

The worst performers were PLx Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:PLXP) which was down 66.83% to 0.12 in late trade, Professional Diversity Network Inc (NASDAQ:IPDN) which lost 56.13% to settle at 2.90 and GlucoTrack Inc (NASDAQ:GCTK) which was down 38.75% to 1.96 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2199 to 771 and 95 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2095 rose and 1499 declined, while 202 ended unchanged.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.69% to 19.10.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.77% or 15.45 to $2,019.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.21% or 1.76 to hit $81.50 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.66% or 1.40 to trade at $85.58 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.08% to 133.71.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 101.83.