Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.06% to hit a new 6-month high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.03%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), which rose 1.62% or 1.53 points to trade at 96.07 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 0.81% or 1.76 points to end at 219.70 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) was up 0.77% or 0.36 points to 46.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which lost 0.72% or 2.53 points to trade at 351.21 in late trade. Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) declined 0.70% or 0.32 points to end at 45.37 and United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) shed 0.64% or 0.86 points to 134.50.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Pacific Gas & Electric Co (NYSE:PCG) which rose 4.72% to 45.67, Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) which was up 4.70% to settle at 12.71 and Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) which gained 3.62% to close at 69.78.
The worst performers were Signet Jewelers Ltd (NYSE:SIG) which was down 5.77% to 55.06 in late trade, Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) which lost 5.01% to settle at 77.57 and Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) which was down 2.85% to 4.430 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Affimed NV (NASDAQ:AFMD) which rose 246.88% to 5.550, Asta Funding Inc (NASDAQ:ASFI) which was up 31.58% to settle at 3.75 and Brooks Automation Inc (NASDAQ:BRKS) which gained 30.91% to close at 39.60.
The worst performers were Akcea Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:AKCA) which was down 25.33% to 24.73 in late trade, Regulus Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:RGLS) which lost 19.56% to settle at 0.246 and Seven Stars Cloud Group Inc (NASDAQ:SSC) which was down 18.18% to 4.050 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1592 to 1409 and 162 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1285 rose and 1284 declined, while 152 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.38% to 12.45.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.75% or 9.10 to $1206.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.38% or 0.26 to hit $68.61 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.13 to trade at $76.37 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.1693, while USD/JPY rose 0.12% to 111.20.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 94.64.