U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.26%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Technology sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.26%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.34%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.30%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW), which rose 2.11% or 1.31 points to trade at 63.26 at the close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) added 2.08% or 3.45 points to end at 169.01 and Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) was up 1.18% or 0.75 points to 64.56 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO), which fell 2.00% or 1.06 points to trade at 51.82 at the close. Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) declined 1.56% or 3.35 points to end at 211.40 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was down 1.15% or 1.00 points to 85.63.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) which rose 4.16% to 26.27, Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE:DVN) which was up 3.71% to settle at 62.26 and Darden Restaurants Inc (NYSE:DRI) which gained 3.16% to close at 130.54.

The worst performers were CarMax Inc (NYSE:KMX) which was down 9.54% to 93.33 in late trade, Catalent Inc (NYSE:CTLT) which lost 6.53% to settle at 100.06 and Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) which was down 5.38% to 44.48 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Polarityte Inc (NASDAQ:PTE) which rose 82.97% to 0.38, Histogen Inc (NASDAQ:HSTO) which was up 67.78% to settle at 0.42 and Lixte Biotechnology Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LIXT) which gained 67.27% to close at 1.84.

The worst performers were Hoth Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:HOTH) which was down 31.43% to 0.72 in late trade, Altamira Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:CYTO) which lost 31.33% to settle at 1.14 and Athersys Inc (NASDAQ:ATHX) which was down 31.27% to 0.59 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1612 to 1561 and 140 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2115 fell and 1716 advanced, while 221 ended unchanged.

Shares in Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:MRO) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.16% or 1.05 to 26.27. Shares in CarMax Inc (NYSE:KMX) fell to 52-week lows; down 9.54% or 9.84 to 93.33. Shares in Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) rose to all time highs; up 1.18% or 0.75 to 64.56.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.45% to 24.26.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.96% or 18.80 to $1,967.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 6.82% or 6.43 to hit $100.72 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 6.35% or 6.25 to trade at $104.73 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.08, while USD/JPY fell 0.01% to 125.33.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.38% at 100.31.