Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Utilities and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.58%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.35%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), which rose 2.52% or 1.96 points to trade at 79.82 at the close. DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) added 1.59% or 1.06 points to end at 67.81 and General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) was up 1.58% or 0.22 points to 14.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which lost 0.62% or 0.66 points to trade at 106.62 in late trade. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) declined 0.50% or 1.14 points to end at 226.85 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) shed 0.12% or 0.23 points to 190.35.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were PepsiCo Inc (NASDAQ:PEP) which rose 4.76% to 112.89, Wynn Resorts Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN) which was up 3.28% to settle at 165.38 and Navient Corp (NASDAQ:NAVI) which gained 2.82% to close at 13.87.
The worst performers were Cerner Corporation (NASDAQ:CERN) which was down 4.63% to 60.76 in late trade, Range Resources Corporation (NYSE:RRC) which lost 3.08% to settle at 17.00 and Pacific Gas & Electric Co (NYSE:PCG) which was down 3.04% to 43.72 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were MER Telemanagement Solutions Ltd (NASDAQ:MTSL) which rose 145.95% to 2.7300, Bridgeline Digital Inc (NASDAQ:BLIN) which was up 75.57% to settle at 2.3000 and US Gold Corp (NASDAQ:USAU) which gained 23.02% to close at 1.6300.
The worst performers were Tantech Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:TANH) which was down 43.56% to 1.49 in late trade, Staffing 360 Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:STAF) which lost 34.73% to settle at 3.590 and MabVax Therapeutics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MBVX) which was down 21.23% to 1.150 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1545 to 1509 and 127 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1601 fell and 954 advanced, while 129 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.71% to 12.60.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.28% or 3.50 to $1256.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.23% or 0.17 to hit $74.02 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.99% or 0.77 to trade at $78.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1745, while USD/JPY rose 0.40% to 111.27.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 93.86.