U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.15% 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 added 0.15%, while the index fell 0.81%, and the index declined 2.35%.

The best performers of the session on the were McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:), which rose 2.74% or 6.52 points to trade at 244.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:) added 2.03% or 1.01 points to end at 50.68 and International Business Machines (NYSE:) was up 2.01% or 2.63 points to 133.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:), which fell 4.01% or 4.24 points to trade at 101.59 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE:) declined 3.76% or 4.67 points to end at 119.40 and Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:) was down 2.38% or 4.93 points to 202.63.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were AutoZone Inc (NYSE:) which rose 5.82% to 1,910.22, O’Reilly Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 5.02% to settle at 608.18 and Alliant Energy Corp (NASDAQ:) which gained 3.93% to close at 61.32.

The worst performers were Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NYSE:) which was down 11.99% to 13.29 in late trade, DexCom Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 11.05% to settle at 288.13 and Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 10.59% to 43.14 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Better Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 69.77% to 2.19, Americas Car-Mart Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 30.76% to settle at 99.98 and Quantum Computing Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 25.48% to close at 1.97.

The worst performers were Genocea Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 72.69% to 0.06 in late trade, Walkme Ltd (NASDAQ:) which lost 34.43% to settle at 8.00 and TC BioPharm Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:) which was down 34.15% to 0.78 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1835 to 1329 and 133 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2814 fell and 1015 advanced, while 183 ended unchanged.

Shares in Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 11.99% or 1.81 to 13.29. Shares in DexCom Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 52-week lows; down 11.05% or 35.79 to 288.13. Shares in Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 10.59% or 5.11 to 43.14. Shares in Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.01% or 4.24 to 101.59. Shares in Boeing Co (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.76% or 4.67 to 119.40. Shares in Genocea Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 72.69% or 0.16 to 0.06. Shares in Walkme Ltd (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 34.43% or 4.20 to 8.00. Shares in TC BioPharm Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 34.15% or 0.40 to 0.78.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.41% to 29.45.

Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.98% or 18.05 to $1,865.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.41% or 0.45 to hit $109.84 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.12% or 0.13 to trade at $110.65 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.43% to 1.07, while USD/JPY fell 0.80% to 126.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 101.77.