U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.46% By Investing.com

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the fell 0.46%, while the index lost 0.03%, and the index climbed 0.57%.

The best performers of the session on the were Boeing Co (NYSE:), which rose 1.30% or 2.80 points to trade at 218.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (NYSE:) added 0.83% or 1.04 points to end at 126.19 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:) was up 0.77% or 1.31 points to 172.32 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:), which fell 1.79% or 3.35 points to trade at 184.25 at the close. Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:) declined 1.67% or 1.01 points to end at 59.59 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:) was down 1.58% or 5.12 points to 318.41.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were IPG Photonics Corporation (NASDAQ:) which rose 11.56% to 125.55, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 7.51% to settle at 209.25 and Aptiv PLC (NYSE:) which gained 7.37% to close at 121.10.

The worst performers were Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE:) which was down 5.50% to 95.17 in late trade, Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc (NYSE:) which lost 4.03% to settle at 166.99 and Arthur J Gallagher & Co (NYSE:) which was down 3.58% to 188.24 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Amesite Operating Co (NASDAQ:) which rose 81.62% to 0.51, Boxlight Corp Class A (NASDAQ:) which was up 39.47% to settle at 0.56 and United Insurance Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:) which gained 37.27% to close at 1.51.

The worst performers were Top Ships Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 44.85% to 0.91 in late trade, Mobiquity Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 32.77% to settle at 0.35 and Pathfinder Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) which was down 31.61% to 4.24 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1579 to 1456 and 99 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1969 fell and 1692 advanced, while 176 ended unchanged.

Shares in Top Ships Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 44.85% or 0.74 to 0.91. Shares in Mobiquity Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 32.77% or 0.17 to 0.35. Shares in Pathfinder Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 31.61% or 1.96 to 4.24.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.03% to 18.91.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.12% or 2.25 to $1,865.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.26% or 1.01 to hit $79.13 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.14% or 0.99 to trade at $85.62 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.07, while USD/JPY rose 0.49% to 133.04.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 103.14.