Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Healthcare and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.44%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.33%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which rose 2.50% or 1.48 points to trade at 60.65 at the close. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) added 2.23% or 1.82 points to end at 83.52 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was up 2.00% or 3.40 points to 173.22 in late trade.
Biggest losers included United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), which lost 4.14% or 5.30 points to trade at 122.68 in late trade. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) declined 0.85% or 0.62 points to end at 72.09 and DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) shed 0.83% or 0.48 points to 57.18.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Pacific Gas & Electric Co (NYSE:PCG) which rose 7.36% to 26.97, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which was up 4.83% to settle at 21.05 and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:VRTX) which gained 4.81% to close at 175.45.
The worst performers were Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) which was down 5.08% to 2.990 in late trade, Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) which lost 4.50% to settle at 71.09 and United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) which was down 4.14% to 122.68 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Arsanis Inc (NASDAQ:ASNS) which rose 255.17% to 4.12, Wins Finance Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:WINS) which was up 33.82% to settle at 34.79 and Aethlon Medical Inc (NASDAQ:AEMD) which gained 25.64% to close at 1.470.
The worst performers were Ferroglobe PLC (NASDAQ:GSM) which was down 62.26% to 1.80 in late trade, Smaaash Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:SMSH) which lost 40.11% to settle at 3.30 and Intellipharmaceutics International Inc (NASDAQ:IPCI) which was down 39.70% to 0.340 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1879 to 1197 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1758 fell and 876 advanced, while 93 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.63% to 19.02.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.64% or 7.90 to $1220.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.50% or 0.26 to hit $51.89 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.33% or 0.20 to trade at $60.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.29% to 1.1295, while USD/JPY rose 0.17% to 113.78.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 97.265.