U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 1.01% By Investing.com

Investing.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 1.01% to hit a new 1-month low, while the index fell 1.13%, and the index lost 0.95%.

The best performers of the session on the were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 1.57% or 2.42 points to trade at 156.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Boeing Co (NYSE:) added 0.73% or 1.06 points to end at 145.94 and 3M Company (NYSE:) was down 0.10% or 0.12 points to 116.52 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nike Inc (NYSE:), which fell 4.42% or 4.74 points to trade at 102.47 at the close. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:) declined 2.26% or 4.12 points to end at 177.99 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:) was down 2.19% or 6.15 points to 274.27.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:) which rose 2.90% to 67.80, Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:) which was up 2.65% to settle at 107.44 and Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 2.09% to close at 104.63.

The worst performers were Ford Motor Company (NYSE:) which was down 12.32% to 13.09 in late trade, Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:) which lost 9.81% to settle at 50.67 and Generac Holdlings Inc (NYSE:) which was down 7.00% to 183.48 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Sobr Safe Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 234.98% to 3.05, Powerbridge Technologies Co Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was up 60.58% to settle at 2.20 and Neurobo Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 42.40% to close at 20.79.

The worst performers were Virios Therapeutics Llc (NASDAQ:) which was down 75.50% to 0.49 in late trade, Pagaya (NASDAQ:) which lost 67.24% to settle at 2.29 and Integrated Media Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 46.07% to 1.03 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2600 to 542 and 117 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2711 fell and 1115 advanced, while 193 ended unchanged.

Shares in Generac Holdlings Inc (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.00% or 13.80 to 183.48. Shares in Virios Therapeutics Llc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 75.50% or 1.51 to 0.49. Shares in Powerbridge Technologies Co Ltd (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 60.58% or 0.83 to 2.20. Shares in Pagaya (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 67.24% or 4.70 to 2.29. Shares in Integrated Media Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 46.07% or 0.88 to 1.03.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 5.43% to 27.16.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.29% or 4.80 to $1,673.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.19% or 1.02 to hit $84.34 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.14% or 1.05 to trade at $90.95 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.49% to 1.00, while USD/JPY rose 0.35% to 143.71.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 109.90.