Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.69% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index added 0.65%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which rose 1.86% or 3.16 points to trade at 173.14 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) added 1.44% or 1.19 points to end at 83.72 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was up 1.41% or 2.41 points to 172.86 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT), which lost 0.98% or 0.96 points to trade at 96.52 in late trade. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) declined 0.83% or 0.15 points to end at 17.83 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) shed 0.08% or 0.08 points to 98.93.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Jacobs Engineering Group Inc (NYSE:JEC) which rose 9.30% to 64.86, TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP) which was up 7.64% to settle at 32.81 and Medtronic PLC (NYSE:MDT) which gained 4.77% to close at 82.66.
The worst performers were Signet Jewelers Ltd (NYSE:SIG) which was down 30.39% to 52.79 in late trade, Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:CPB) which lost 8.19% to settle at 45.84 and Under Armour Inc C (NYSE:UA) which was down 5.88% to 11.360 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Valeritas Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:VLRX) which rose 64.73% to 4.81, Atlantic Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:ATAC) which was up 50.75% to settle at 15.00 and Ekso Bionics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:EKSO) which gained 41.44% to close at 4.13.
The worst performers were Acasti Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:ACST) which was down 32.58% to 2.090 in late trade, Cytokinetics Inc (NASDAQ:CYTK) which lost 25.68% to settle at 8.250 and OptimumBank Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:OPHC) which was down 23.21% to 5.951 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2082 to 1030 and 114 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1611 rose and 921 declined, while 134 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 9.11% to 9.68.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.41% or 5.25 to $1280.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.83% or 0.47 to hit $56.89 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.50% or 0.31 to trade at $62.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1740, while USD/JPY fell 0.16% to 112.44.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.88.