LONDON:U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.00%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.43%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV), which rose 1.82% or 1.87 points to trade at 104.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) added 1.03% or 0.96 points to end at 93.90 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was up 0.77% or 0.36 points to 47.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), which fell 7.03% or 7.77 points to trade at 102.71 at the close. International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) declined 5.86% or 10.15 points to end at 163.07 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was down 2.35% or 1.13 points to 46.97.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were CONSOL Energy Inc (NYSE:CNX) which rose 5.34% to 17.55, Harley-Davidson Inc (NYSE:HOG) which was up 4.97% to settle at 57.67 and Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which gained 4.45% to close at 15.72.
The worst performers were Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) which was down 9.54% to 9.29 in late trade, United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) which lost 7.03% to settle at 102.71 and Tegna Inc (NYSE:TGNA) which was down 6.65% to 30.0500 at the close.
