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

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.04%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.03%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.20%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 2.68% or 0.56 points to trade at 21.47 at the close. Meanwhile, Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) added 1.68% or 0.85 points to end at 51.51 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 1.65% or 4.31 points to 265.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), which fell 2.43% or 1.96 points to trade at 78.60 at the close. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) declined 2.04% or 0.92 points to end at 44.08 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH) was down 1.90% or 11.18 points to 577.96.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which rose 6.31% to 118.53, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) which was up 5.69% to settle at 18.21 and Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) which gained 4.08% to close at 71.99.

The worst performers were Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NYSE:DECK) which was down 83.46% to 155.10 in late trade, Accenture plc (NYSE:ACN) which lost 4.82% to settle at 337.04 and Edwards Lifesciences Corp (NYSE:EW) which was down 3.07% to 67.23 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Purple Biotech (NASDAQ:PPBT) which rose 1,737.91% to 7.37, Nuvve Holding Corp (NASDAQ:NVVE) which was up 772.43% to settle at 4.24 and Iveda Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:IVDA) which gained 622.34% to close at 1.73.

The worst performers were Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc (NASDAQ:OMEX) which was down 89.40% to 0.50 in late trade, Swvl Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:SWVL) which lost 43.62% to settle at 3.05 and NuCana PLC (NASDAQ:NCNA) 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:AXP) rose to all time highs; up 1.65% or 4.31 to 265.40. Shares in Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc (NASDAQ:OMEX) fell to 5-year lows; losing 89.40% or 4.18 to 0.50. Shares in Iveda Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:IVDA) rose to 5-year lows; gaining 622.34% or 1.49 to 1.73.

The CBOE Volatility Index, 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.