Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.91%, while the S&P 500 index added 1.10%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), which rose 2.58% or 2.33 points to trade at 92.68 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 2.10% or 12.01 points to end at 582.79 and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) was up 1.77% or 3.99 points to 229.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which lost 0.34% or 0.14 points to trade at 39.80 in late trade. Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH) declined 0.05% or 0.24 points to end at 506.10 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) gained 0.04% or 0.03 points to 76.79.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which rose 7.36% to 462.28, Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) which was up 5.96% to settle at 34.33 and Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) which gained 3.15% to close at 239.68.
The worst performers were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) which was down 1.18% to 9.19 in late trade, Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE) which lost 1.16% to settle at 68.40 and Amentum Holdings LLC (NYSE:AMTM) which was down 0.80% to 19.81 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Baosheng Media Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:BAOS) which rose 310.40% to 7.10, Hour Loop Inc (NASDAQ:HOUR) which was up 203.45% to settle at 4.40 and Graphjet Technology (NASDAQ:GTI) which gained 168.72% to close at 0.61.
The worst performers were Sol Gel Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:SLGL) which was down 40.62% to 0.98 in late trade, Direct Digital Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:DRCT) which lost 32.55% to settle at 3.71 and Check Cap Ltd (NASDAQ:CHEK) which was down 31.11% to 1.55 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2121 to 650 and 93 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2196 rose and 1066 declined, while 119 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 14.96% to 14.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.20% or 5.30 to $2,633.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.33% or 0.92 to hit $70.16 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.90 to trade at $73.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.04, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 157.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.