Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.39%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.17%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), which rose 1.35% or 1.49 points to trade at 112.20 at the close. Meanwhile, American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) added 0.97% or 2.48 points to end at 257.86 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was up 0.78% or 3.91 points to 507.89 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which fell 2.37% or 3.78 points to trade at 155.50 at the close. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) declined 1.57% or 4.69 points to end at 293.43 and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) was down 1.41% or 2.56 points to 179.56.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:PLTR) which rose 6.23% to 98.39, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) which was up 5.08% to settle at 15.01 and Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) which gained 4.83% to close at 976.28.
The worst performers were Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB) which was down 5.89% to 54.01 in late trade, Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc (NYSE:ZBH) which lost 4.62% to settle at 97.26 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) which was down 4.10% to 27.70 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Starbox Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:STBX) which rose 1,162.62% to 1.80, Ostin Technology Group Co Ltd (NASDAQ:OST) which was up 299.10% to settle at 3.19 and Mural Oncology PLC (NASDAQ:MURA) which gained 133.98% to close at 2.41.
The worst performers were Spruce Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:SPRB) which was down 58.02% to 0.13 in late trade, MetaVia Inc (NASDAQ:MTVA) which lost 55.98% to settle at 0.81 and Applied Digital Corp (NASDAQ:APLD) which was down 35.94% to 3.44 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1421 to 1343 and 83 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1766 rose and 1539 declined, while 121 ended unchanged.
Shares in Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc (NYSE:ZBH) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.62% or 4.71 to 97.26. Shares in Starbox Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:STBX) rose to all time lows; up 1,162.62% or 1.66 to 1.80. Shares in Spruce Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:SPRB) fell to all time lows; losing 58.02% or 0.18 to 0.13. Shares in MetaVia Inc (NASDAQ:MTVA) fell to all time lows; losing 55.98% or 1.03 to 0.81.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.53% to 30.11.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.64% or 20.72 to $3,247.02 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $61.52 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.03 to trade at $64.85 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.57% to 1.13, while USD/JPY rose 0.15% to 143.17.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 99.87.








