Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.25% to hit a new 6-month high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.21%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 2.41% or 1.12 points to trade at 47.62 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 1.22% or 2.87 points to end at 238.65 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was up 1.16% or 2.30 points to 200.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which lost 1.43% or 1.00 points to trade at 69.17 in late trade. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) declined 1.12% or 1.53 points to end at 135.35 and Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) shed 1.09% or 0.51 points to 46.22.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Discovery Inc Class A (NASDAQ:DISCA) which rose 5.84% to 29.55, Discovery Communications C Inc (NASDAQ:DISCK) which was up 5.77% to settle at 27.31 and Medtronic PLC (NYSE:MDT) which gained 5.71% to close at 95.17.
The worst performers were Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) which was down 7.14% to 11.52 in late trade, JM Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM) which lost 6.62% to settle at 108.20 and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) which was down 5.62% to 15.78 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Cytori Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:CYTX) which rose 43.68% to 0.4957, Koss Corporation (NASDAQ:KOSS) which was up 36.00% to settle at 4.080 and Aurora Mobile Ltd (NASDAQ:JG) which gained 23.40% to close at 7.54.
The worst performers were Newater Technology Inc (NASDAQ:NEWA) which was down 67.91% to 9.26 in late trade, SeaChange International Inc (NASDAQ:SEAC) which lost 44.14% to settle at 1.62 and SITO Mobile Ltd (NASDAQ:SITO) which was down 24.50% to 1.510 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1925 to 1121 and 127 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1786 rose and 803 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 up 2.72% to 12.83.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.57% or 6.80 to $1201.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.60% or 0.39 to hit $65.81 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.29 to trade at $72.50 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.78% to 1.1572, while USD/JPY rose 0.28% to 110.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 95.14.