Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.35%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.01%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 3.77% or 11.93 points to trade at 328.06 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 2.08% or 3.49 points to end at 171.50 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 1.79% or 1.25 points to 71.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM), which lost 2.76% or 2.04 points to trade at 72.00 in late trade. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) declined 2.41% or 2.71 points to end at 109.74 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) shed 1.98% or 5.10 points to 252.97.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Darden Restaurants Inc (NYSE:DRI) which rose 5.02% to 103.85, American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) which was up 4.68% to settle at 33.54 and CBRE Group Inc Class A (NYSE:CBRE) which gained 4.28% to close at 41.150.
The worst performers were Philip Morris International Inc (NYSE:PM) which was down 7.65% to 75.17 in late trade, PPL Corporation (NYSE:PPL) which lost 6.64% to settle at 27.97 and Biogen Inc (NASDAQ:BIIB) which was down 5.86% to 294.75 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Biocept Inc (NASDAQ:BIOC) which rose 66.28% to 1.140, Marin Software Inc (NASDAQ:MRIN) which was up 30.07% to settle at 3.720 and GreenPro Capital Corp (NASDAQ:GRNQ) which gained 21.94% to close at 3.682700.
The worst performers were Regulus Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:RGLS) which was down 24.09% to 1.040 in late trade, Dova Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:DOVA) which lost 23.64% to settle at 6.88 and Champions Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:CSBR) which was down 23.04% to 7.3500 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1670 to 1401 and 89 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1614 fell and 1039 advanced, while 66 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 4.32% to 25.58 a new 6-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.12% or 1.55 to $1253.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 7.15% or 3.59 to hit $46.61 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 5.40% or 3.22 to trade at $56.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1364, while USD/JPY fell 0.27% to 112.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 96.502.