U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.11%

Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Healthcare , Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology , Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.11%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.15%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.24%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE ), which rose 1.67% or 0.66 points to trade at 40.07 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM ) added 1.17% or 1.60 points to end at 138.80 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ: WBA ) was up 1.04% or 0.56 points to 54.62 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL ), which lost 1.35% or 4.28 points to trade at 312.68 in late trade. Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE: XOM ) declined 0.86% or 0.60 points to end at 69.20 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT ) shed 0.70% or 1.15 points to 162.13.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Perrigo Company PLC (NYSE: PRGO ) which rose 12.60% to 56.91, Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ: INCY ) which was up 5.67% to settle at 81.47 and Apache Corporation (NYSE: APA ) which gained 4.94% to close at 33.59.

The worst performers were Boston Scientific Corp (NYSE: BSX ) which was down 6.18% to 42.6600 in late trade, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC ) which lost 5.39% to settle at 49.30 and Martin Marietta Materials Inc (NYSE: MLM ) which was down 4.19% to 260.75 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were RTI Surgical Inc (NASDAQ: RTIX ) which rose 63.41% to 4.510, Inpixon (NASDAQ: INPX ) which was up 54.79% to settle at 5.6500 and IRIDEX Corporation (NASDAQ: IRIX ) which gained 48.73% to close at 3.51.

The worst performers were Eloxx Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: ELOX ) which was down 30.34% to 5.280 in late trade, Stemline Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: STML ) which lost 30.33% to settle at 6.570 and Torchlight Energ (NASDAQ: TRCH ) which was down 28.88% to 0.6300 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1593 to 1240 and 85 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1326 rose and 1324 declined, while 75 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.57% to 12.39.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.24% or 3.70 to $1546.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $58.13 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.02% or 0.01 to trade at $64.43 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.00% to 1.1127, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 110.00.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 97.125.