Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the declined 3.94% to hit a new 1-month low, while the index declined 4.32%, and the index fell 5.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Chevron Corp (NYSE:), which fell 1.90% or 3.09 points to trade at 159.41 at the close. The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:) fell 1.88% or 3.11 points to end at 162.22 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:) was down 2.06% or 2.85 points to 135.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boeing Co (NYSE:), which lost 7.19% or 11.41 points to trade at 147.31 in late trade. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) declined 7.19% or 2.27 points to end at 29.29 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:) shed 6.59% or 19.61 points to 277.93.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Corteva Inc (NYSE:) which rose 0.87% to 62.65, Twitter Inc (NYSE:) which was up 0.80% to settle at 41.74 and CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:) which gained 0.67% to close at 100.15.
The worst performers were Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:) which was down 11.34% to 84.11 in late trade, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:) which lost 9.47% to settle at 131.31 and Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 9.37% to 153.13 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Akero Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 136.76% to 29.05, Aditx Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 113.75% to settle at 0.37 and Comera Life Sciences Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 100.00% to close at 3.86.
The worst performers were Cardiff Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 41.12% to 1.89 in late trade, Rent the Runway Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 38.74% to settle at 3.02 and InMed Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 35.73% to 12.07 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2834 to 359 and 87 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 3010 fell and 816 advanced, while 188 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 14.24% to 27.27 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.63% or 28.45 to $1,712.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.28% or 0.25 to hit $87.53 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.68% or 0.64 to trade at $93.36 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.44% to 1.00, while USD/JPY rose 1.23% to 144.59.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.37% at 109.58.
