Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.53% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.65%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), which rose 3.82% or 8.12 points to trade at 220.46 at the close. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) added 3.46% or 1.84 points to end at 55.05 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 3.20% or 4.49 points to 144.94 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW), which lost 2.24% or 1.44 points to trade at 62.90 in late trade. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) declined 1.32% or 3.56 points to end at 265.63 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) shed 1.17% or 1.31 points to 110.25.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Macy’s Inc (NYSE:M) which rose 10.84% to 20.76, Nordstrom Inc (NYSE:JWN) which was up 10.68% to settle at 45.79 and United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) which gained 8.26% to close at 60.94.
The worst performers were Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) which was down 9.09% to 189.16 in late trade, Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) which lost 4.34% to settle at 29.30 and Eastman Chemical Company (NYSE:EMN) which was down 3.33% to 113.41 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Sigma Labs Inc (NASDAQ:SGLB) which rose 128.74% to 7.6400, Oriental Culture Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:OCG) which was up 120.38% to settle at 9.30 and Check Cap Ltd (NASDAQ:CHEK) which gained 100.65% to close at 3.070.
The worst performers were NLS Pharmaceutics AG (NASDAQ:NLSP) which was down 16.58% to 4.88 in late trade, Entera Bio Ltd (NASDAQ:ENTX) which lost 15.80% to settle at 5.810 and Spruce Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:SPRB) which was down 15.04% to 21.91 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.19% to 20.03.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.00% or 0.05 to $1729.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.28% or 0.18 to hit $65.21 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.09 to trade at $68.72 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.00% to 1.1927, while USD/JPY rose 0.06% to 109.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 91.838.