Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.35% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.22%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which rose 2.44% or 1.18 points to trade at 49.49 at the close. Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) added 2.20% or 2.82 points to end at 131.04 and Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) was up 1.69% or 2.49 points to 149.51 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Visa Inc (NYSE:V), which lost 2.18% or 1.78 points to trade at 79.91 in late trade. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) declined 1.93% or 2.22 points to end at 112.78 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) shed 0.95% or 0.59 points to 61.71.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR) which rose 8.16% to 88.68, VF Corporation (NYSE:VFC) which was up 4.95% to settle at 58.04 and Urban Outfitters Inc (NASDAQ:URBN) which gained 4.95% to close at 39.01.
The worst performers were Patterson Companies Inc (NASDAQ:PDCO) which was down 16.73% to 39.56 in late trade, Medtronic PLC (NYSE:MDT) which lost 8.70% to settle at 73.57 and Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) which was down 5.82% to 27.36 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Skyline Medical Inc (NASDAQ:SKLN) which rose 127.88% to 4.7400, EnteroMedics Inc (NASDAQ:ETRM) which was up 95.34% to settle at 0.0881 and SemiLEDS Corporation (NASDAQ:LEDS) which gained 35.37% to close at 5.0900.
The worst performers were DryShips Inc (NASDAQ:DRYS) which was down 31.65% to 6.22 in late trade, Amedica Corp (NASDAQ:AMDA) which lost 30.00% to settle at 0.735 and Globus Maritime Ltd (NASDAQ:GLBS) which was down 29.29% to 3.5000 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2167 to 1002 and 86 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1520 rose and 942 declined, while 161 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.40% to 12.37 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.20 to $1212.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.66% or 0.32 to hit $47.92 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.16 to trade at $49.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.0627, while USD/JPY rose 0.20% to 111.06.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 101.09.