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https://i-invdn-com.akamaized.net/news/LYNXMPEA5N0R4_M.jpgInvesting.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 declined 0.42%, while the index declined 0.28%, and the index declined 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the were Boeing Co (NYSE:), which rose 1.06% or 3.54 points to trade at 337.28 at the close. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) added 0.66% or 1.54 points to end at 235.49 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) was up 0.61% or 0.88 points to 144.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:), which fell 2.66% or 2.44 points to trade at 89.20 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:) declined 1.70% or 2.35 points to end at 135.88 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) was down 1.67% or 1.00 points to 58.93.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Apache Corporation (NYSE:) which rose 26.79% to 32.51, Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 8.78% to settle at 58.27 and Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:) which gained 6.77% to close at 67.66.
The worst performers were ConAgra Foods Inc (NYSE:) which was down 3.58% to 32.32 in late trade, Constellation Brands Inc Class A (NYSE:) which lost 3.57% to settle at 183.60 and Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:) which was down 3.27% to 155.76 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Genetic Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:) which rose 116.83% to 4.510, Cellect Biotechnology Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was up 69.70% to settle at 4.09 and Genprex Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 39.07% to close at 0.4200.
The worst performers were CTI Industries Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 30.00% to 1.82 in late trade, Inpixon (NASDAQ:) which lost 25.78% to settle at 6.8100 and Zion Oil & Gas Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 25.50% to 0.387 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1582 to 1257 and 78 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1441 fell and 1195 advanced, while 85 ended unchanged.
Shares in Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; up 8.78% or 4.71 to 58.27. Shares in Western Digital Corporation (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 6.77% or 4.29 to 67.66. Shares in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 0.66% or 1.54 to 235.49. Shares in Inpixon (NASDAQ:) fell to 52-week highs; falling 25.78% or 2.3655 to 6.8100.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.43% to 13.79.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.46% or 7.20 to $1576.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.95% or 0.60 to hit $62.67 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $68.29 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1149, while USD/JPY rose 0.06% to 108.48.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 96.662.
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