Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.10%, while the S&P 500 index gained 1.42%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 3.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 4.71% or 2.82 points to trade at 62.67 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 4.06% or 4.72 points to end at 121.08 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was up 2.94% or 6.58 points to 230.61 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which lost 3.67% or 7.40 points to trade at 194.51 in late trade. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) declined 3.44% or 5.17 points to end at 145.10 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) shed 2.16% or 4.78 points to 216.80.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which rose 19.64% to 673.58, Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) which was up 9.22% to settle at 8.53 and Lam Research Corp (NASDAQ:LRCX) which gained 8.14% to close at 543.51.
The worst performers were Apache Corporation (NASDAQ:APA) which was down 6.78% to 21.60 in late trade, Discovery Inc Class A (NASDAQ:DISCA) which lost 6.30% to settle at 63.01 and Cimarex Energy Co (NYSE:XEC) which was down 5.42% to 64.45 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were INVO Bioscience Inc (NASDAQ:INVO) which rose 202.25% to 9.40000, Exela Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:XELA) which was up 179.39% to settle at 4.6100 and SINTX Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SINT) which gained 58.56% to close at 2.870.
The worst performers were Graybug Vision Inc (NASDAQ:GRAY) which was down 51.19% to 7.20 in late trade, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ACAD) which lost 45.35% to settle at 25.02 and Stitch Fix (NASDAQ:SFIX) which was down 28.15% to 49.23 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1979 to 1237 and 85 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2463 rose and 878 declined, while 58 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.65% to 24.03.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.07% or 1.25 to $1712.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.36% or 0.23 to hit $64.03 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.19% or 0.13 to trade at $67.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1899, while USD/JPY rose 0.18% to 108.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 91.983.