Investing.com – United States equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Dow Jones Technology, Dow Jones Consumer Goods and Dow Jones Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.62%, while the S&P 500 index declined 1.07%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which rose 1.33% or 0.58 points to trade at 44.23 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) added 1.32% or 2.09 points to end at 160.81 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH) was up 0.96% or 4.78 points to 503.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), which fell 3.30% or 3.95 points to trade at 115.58 in late trade. International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) declined 2.38% or 6.02 points to end at 246.95 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) down 2.14% or 1.87 points to 85.59.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Discover Financial Services (NYSE:DFS) which rose 3.82% to 158.83, Viatris Inc (NASDAQ:VTRS) which was up 2.97% to settle at 9.53 and The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) which gained 2.53% to close at 27.20.
The worst performers were Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) which was down 9.63% to 37.90 in late trade, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:RCL) which lost 7.31% to settle at 203.38 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which was down 5.34% to 225.31 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were FST Ltd (NASDAQ:KBSX) which rose 309.70% to 5.49, Aditx Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ADTX) which was up 71.62% to settle at 7.50 and Regencell Bioscience Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:RGC) which gained 70.81% to close at 31.60.
The worst performers were Airnet Technology Inc (NASDAQ:ANTE) which was down 60.86% to 0.63 in late trade, Avenue Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ATXI) which lost 52.27% to settle at 0.42 and Jaguar Health Inc (NASDAQ:JAGX) which was down 47.76% to 0.25 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 1724 to 1032 and 93 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2140 fell and 1143 advanced, while 129 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
Shares in Avenue Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ATXI) fell to all time lows; falling 52.27% or 0.46 to 0.42. Shares in Regencell Bioscience Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:RGC) rose to 52-week highs; up 70.81% or 13.10 to 31.60. Shares in Jaguar Health Inc (NASDAQ:JAGX) fell to all time lows; down 47.76% or 0.22 to 0.25.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 5.80% to 21.70.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 1.17% or 35.31 to $3,041.41 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.19% or 0.80 to hit $66.57 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.97% or 0.69 to trade at $70.38 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.11% to 149.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 102.90.