U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.25% By Investing.com

Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the lost 0.25%, while the index climbed 0.29%, and the index added 0.43%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:), which rose 6.72% or 2.66 points to trade at 42.24 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:) added 4.13% or 6.11 points to end at 153.97 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) was up 1.39% or 0.67 points to 48.89 in late trade.

Biggest losers included 3M Company (NYSE:), which lost 10.93% or 11.81 points to trade at 96.21 in late trade. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) declined 1.67% or 2.71 points to end at 159.76 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:) shed 1.65% or 5.88 points to 350.81.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:) which rose 6.72% to 42.24, Rtx Corp (NYSE:) which was up 5.35% to settle at 89.57 and United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 5.31% to close at 40.49.

The worst performers were 3M Company (NYSE:) which was down 10.93% to 96.21 in late trade, DR Horton Inc (NYSE:) which lost 9.27% to settle at 143.08 and Invesco Plc (NYSE:) which was down 8.28% to 15.95 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Rail Vision Ltd Unit (NASDAQ:) which rose 195.56% to 6.65, FaZe Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 107.12% to settle at 0.32 and Nuvve Holding Corp (NASDAQ:) which gained 85.23% to close at 5.52.

The worst performers were Vroom (NASDAQ:) which was down 42.38% to 0.30 in late trade, Nutex Health Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 26.17% to settle at 0.14 and Biovie Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 23.14% to 0.93 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1454 to 1392 and 89 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1761 fell and 1656 advanced, while 126 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.85% to 12.55.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.38% or 7.65 to $2,029.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.39% or 0.29 to hit $74.47 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.37 to trade at $79.69 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.25% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.17% to 148.34.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 103.34.