Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology , Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.07%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.43%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.88%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE ), which rose 1.37% or 1.02 points to trade at 75.67 at the close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corp (NYSE: CVX ) added 1.24% or 1.77 points to end at 144.84 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE: MRK ) was up 1.13% or 1.11 points to 99.48 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA ), which fell 2.33% or 3.20 points to trade at 134.29 at the close. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN ) declined 0.86% or 1.91 points to end at 219.39 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT ) was down 0.78% or 3.33 points to 421.50.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Moderna Inc (NASDAQ: MRNA ) which rose 5.59% to 41.58, APA Corporation (NASDAQ: APA ) which was up 2.99% to settle at 23.09 and Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE: MPC ) which gained 2.88% to close at 139.50.

The worst performers were Amentum Holdings LLC (NYSE: AMTM ) which was down 5.70% to 21.03 in late trade, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA ) which lost 3.25% to settle at 403.84 and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA ) which was down 2.33% to 134.29 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Baird Medical Investment Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: BDMD ) which rose 623.81% to 7.60, Aptorum Group Ltd Class A (NASDAQ: APM ) which was up 104.38% to settle at 2.80 and Coeptis Therapeutics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: COEP ) which gained 77.42% to close at 5.50.

The worst performers were Energous Co (NASDAQ: WATT ) which was down 61.89% to 1.01 in late trade, Sangamo Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: SGMO ) which lost 56.41% to settle at 1.02 and Intrusion Inc (NASDAQ: INTZ ) which was down 45.86% to 3.08 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1749 to 1045 and 72 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1707 fell and 1576 advanced, while 126 ended unchanged.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.29% to 17.35.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.79% or 20.59 to $2,638.69 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.10% or 0.78 to hit $71.77 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.16% or 0.85 to trade at $74.42 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.46% to 1.04, while USD/JPY rose 0.29% to 157.29.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 108.24.