Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.39%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 1.65%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 2.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Company (N:BA), which rose 3.65% or 3.97 points to trade at 112.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Caterpillar Inc (N:CAT) added 3.26% or 2.06 points to end at 65.21 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (N:UNH) was up 2.98% or 3.33 points to 115.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wal-Mart Stores Inc (N:WMT), which fell 0.42% or 0.28 points to trade at 65.90 at the close. The Travelers Companies Inc (N:TRV) declined 0.11% or 0.12 points to end at 107.37 and Exxon Mobil Corporation (N:XOM) was up 0.23% or 0.19 points to 81.22.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were ADT Corporation (N:ADT) which rose 47.53% to 39.64, Chesapeake Energy Corporation (N:CHK) which was up 16.98% to settle at 1.86 and Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (N:FCX) which gained 15.19% to close at 6.37.
The worst performers were Southwestern Energy Company (N:SWN) which was down 10.41% to 8.00 in late trade, Range Resources Corporation (N:RRC) which lost 5.07% to settle at 26.04 and Newmont Mining Corporation (N:NEM) which was down 4.73% to 24.56 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Atossa Genetics Inc (O:ATOS) which rose 77.42% to 0.5500, Groupon Inc (O:GRPN) which was up 41.18% to settle at 4.08 and Great Basin Scientific Inc (O:GBSN) which gained 38.42% to close at 0.2630.
The worst performers were Eltek Ltd (O:ELTK) which was down 100.00% to 0.000 in late trade, Elbit Imaging Ltd (O:EMITF) which lost 100.00% to settle at 0.0000 and Elmira Savings Bank (O:ESBK) which was down 100.00% to 0.00 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2634 to 735 and 19 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2047 rose and 594 declined, while 41 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eltek Ltd (O:ELTK) fell to all time lows; down 100.00% or 1.170 to 0.000. Shares in Elbit Imaging Ltd (O:EMITF) fell to all time lows; falling 100.00% or 0.7000 to 0.0000. Shares in Elmira Savings Bank (O:ESBK) fell to all time lows; falling 100.00% or 18.64 to 0.00.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.28% to 24.06.
Gold for April delivery was down 3.11% or 38.60 to $1200.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.04% or 0.30 to hit $29.14 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 3.20% or 1.07 to trade at $32.32 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.1138, while USD/JPY fell 0.52% to 114.02.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.19% at 96.93.