Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.15%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.39%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which rose 5.73% or 21.25 points to trade at 392.33 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 1.76% or 2.98 points to end at 171.83 and Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) was up 1.36% or 2.88 points to 215.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which lost 3.13% or 7.29 points to trade at 225.80 in late trade. Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) declined 2.55% or 3.74 points to end at 143.17 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) shed 1.77% or 1.06 points to 58.86.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) which rose 7.89% to 181.81, Iqvia Holdings Inc (NYSE:IQV) which was up 6.25% to settle at 267.54 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) which gained 5.73% to close at 392.33.
The worst performers were Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NYSE:NCLH) which was down 7.33% to 23.64 in late trade, Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ:ATVI) which lost 6.09% to settle at 66.14 and DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc (NYSE:DVA) which was down 4.61% to 101.56 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Bimi International Medical Inc (NASDAQ:BIMI) which rose 53.14% to 1.0000, ReTo Eco-Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:RETO) which was up 48.37% to settle at 2.7300 and Progenity Inc (NASDAQ:PROG) which gained 39.48% to close at 4.840.
The worst performers were Talkspace Inc (NASDAQ:TALK) which was down 36.28% to 2.160 in late trade, Rekor Systems Inc (NASDAQ:REKR) which lost 35.94% to settle at 6.72 and OptiNose (NASDAQ:OPTN) which was down 33.47% to 1.590 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1798 to 1414 and 147 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2009 fell and 1703 advanced, while 209 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.73% to 16.37.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.82% or 15.30 to $1851.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $79.76 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.52% or 0.43 to trade at $82.48 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.1319, while USD/JPY rose 0.62% to 114.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.55% at 95.927.