Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.18% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.11%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which rose 2.60% or 1.25 points to trade at 49.34 at the close. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) added 1.29% or 1.13 points to end at 89.00 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) was up 1.10% or 1.02 points to 93.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), which lost 1.79% or 3.54 points to trade at 194.65 in late trade. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) declined 1.06% or 0.26 points to end at 24.20 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) shed 0.32% or 0.17 points to 53.33.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE:LUK) which rose 3.94% to 24.29, Michael Kors Holdings Limited (NYSE:KORS) which was up 3.43% to settle at 46.18 and NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG) which gained 3.27% to close at 24.62.
The worst performers were Envision Healthcare Corp (NYSE:EVHC) which was down 9.57% to 43.11 in late trade, Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) which lost 8.00% to settle at 52.76 and Acuity Brands Inc (NYSE:AYI) which was down 6.06% to 157.66 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Spi Energy Co Ltd (NASDAQ:SPI) which rose 158.70% to 0.12, Capricor Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CAPR) which was up 70.45% to settle at 2.2500 and Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc (NASDAQ:HMNY) which gained 63.79% to close at 5.700.
The worst performers were Integrated Media Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:IMTE) which was down 99.87% to 0.01 in late trade, Synchronoss Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:SNCR) which lost 41.37% to settle at 9.82 and Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SUPN) which was down 23.36% to 38.050 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1604 to 1469 and 160 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1272 fell and 1229 advanced, while 140 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.10% to 10.16 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.29% or 3.78 to $1314.58 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.68% or 0.34 to hit $50.01 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.47% or 0.26 to trade at $55.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1997, while USD/JPY fell 0.02% to 111.54.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 91.58.