U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.09%

Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms , Utilities and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.09%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.26%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.24%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG ), which rose 3.82% or 4.43 points to trade at 120.43 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE: BA ) added 2.12% or 7.21 points to end at 347.42 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE: MRK ) was up 0.95% or 0.78 points to 83.27 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE ), which lost 6.39% or 2.65 points to trade at 38.80 in late trade. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC ) declined 1.54% or 0.81 points to end at 51.70 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ ) shed 1.27% or 0.73 points to 56.64.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were National Oilwell Varco Inc (NYSE: NOV ) which rose 11.32% to 23.02, Martin Marietta Materials Inc (NYSE: MLM ) which was up 9.98% to settle at 246.34 and Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp (NYSE: WAB ) which gained 9.45% to close at 77.820.

The worst performers were Gartner Inc (NYSE: IT ) which was down 19.03% to 138.25 in late trade, Under Armour Inc C (NYSE: UA ) which lost 13.69% to settle at 21.050 and Under Armour Inc A (NYSE: UAA ) which was down 12.28% to 24.07 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Energy Focu (NASDAQ: EFOI ) which rose 40.90% to 0.56, Iradimed Co (NASDAQ: IRMD ) which was up 33.30% to settle at 24.10 and Heat Biologics Inc (NASDAQ: HTBX ) which gained 26.66% to close at 0.660.

The worst performers were Yogaworks Inc (NASDAQ: YOGA ) which was down 35.53% to 0.20 in late trade, Alimera Sciences Inc (NASDAQ: ALIM ) which lost 28.11% to settle at 0.643 and Datasea Inc (NASDAQ: DTSS ) which was down 17.14% to 1.16 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1778 to 1225 and 30 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1718 rose and 916 declined, while 105 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 8.65% to 13.94.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.77% or 10.90 to $1431.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.58% or 1.47 to hit $58.34 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.03% or 0.02 to trade at $64.93 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1158, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 108.61.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 97.820.