U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.26%

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U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.26%
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Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas , Consumer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Utilities , Consumer Goods and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.26%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.13%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.18%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD ), which rose 1.90% or 3.10 points to trade at 166.41 at the close. Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS ) added 0.76% or 0.86 points to end at 113.63 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL ) was up 0.63% or 1.40 points to 222.19 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC ), which lost 2.13% or 1.00 points to trade at 45.91 in late trade. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE: UNH ) declined 1.44% or 3.85 points to end at 263.51 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG ) shed 1.36% or 1.15 points to 83.12.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE: CF ) which rose 2.74% to 54.26, Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC ) which was up 2.71% to settle at 314.41 and Concho Resources Inc (NYSE: CXO ) which gained 2.64% to close at 150.95.

The worst performers were CenturyLink Inc (NYSE: CTL ) which was down 8.08% to 21.05 in late trade, Microchip Technology Incorporated (NASDAQ: MCHP ) which lost 4.29% to settle at 78.77 and General Electric Company (NYSE: GE ) which was down 4.00% to 11.27 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Jaguar Health Inc (NASDAQ: JAGX ) which rose 158.46% to 1.680, Optical Cable Corporation (NASDAQ: OCC ) which was up 30.95% to settle at 5.500 and Oasmia Pharmaceutical AB (NASDAQ: OASM ) which gained 29.53% to close at 4.650.

The worst performers were SAExploration Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: SAEX ) which was down 51.76% to 13.850 in late trade, TG Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: TGTX ) which lost 44.32% to settle at 5.15 and FlexShopper Inc (NASDAQ: FPAY ) which was down 37.10% to 1.170 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1666 to 1372 and 123 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1276 fell and 1271 advanced, while 160 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.38% to 12.49.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.10% or 1.20 to $1205.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.33% or 0.24 to hit $72.32 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.82% or 0.66 to trade at $81.19 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1767, while USD/JPY rose 0.12% to 112.94.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 93.72.

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