Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.32%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.70%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 2.93% or 1.87 points to trade at 65.63 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 2.83% or 3.40 points to end at 123.39 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) was up 2.69% or 1.32 points to 50.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which lost 2.69% or 4.17 points to trade at 150.97 in late trade. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) declined 1.79% or 4.59 points to end at 251.23 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) shed 1.41% or 4.87 points to 339.33.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) which rose 11.12% to 249.09, KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) which was up 4.26% to settle at 305.36 and Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) which gained 3.89% to close at 119.33.
The worst performers were TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP) which was down 10.52% to 53.68 in late trade, SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SIVB) which lost 6.03% to settle at 511.76 and Nordstrom Inc (NYSE:JWN) which was down 5.77% to 40.04 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Support.com Inc (NASDAQ:SPRT) which rose 231.78% to 7.100, Jiayin Group Inc (NASDAQ:JFIN) which was up 78.10% to settle at 14.64 and Summer Infant Inc (NASDAQ:SUMR) which gained 38.62% to close at 18.0200.
The worst performers were Odonate Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ODT) which was down 79.19% to 3.96 in late trade, Euroseas Ltd (NASDAQ:ESEA) which lost 20.94% to settle at 10.95 and Farmmi Inc (NASDAQ:FAMI) which was down 18.57% to 1.1400 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 9.88% to 18.88 a new 52-week low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.28% or 4.95 to $1733.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.81% or 0.50 to hit $61.06 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.19 to trade at $64.07 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1932, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 108.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 91.838.