Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.77%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.85%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 2.07% or 0.90 points to trade at 44.46 at the close. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) added 2.06% or 2.52 points to end at 124.95 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 1.92% or 3.51 points to 186.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), which lost 0.89% or 0.96 points to trade at 106.37 in late trade. Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) declined 0.51% or 0.25 points to end at 48.60 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) shed 0.47% or 0.70 points to 147.47.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were AutoZone Inc (NYSE:AZO) which rose 5.57% to 1032.25, DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ:DISH) which was up 5.29% to settle at 35.00 and Xilinx Inc (NASDAQ:XLNX) which gained 4.63% to close at 105.71.
The worst performers were Kohls Corp (NYSE:KSS) which was down 12.34% to 55.15 in late trade, Varian Medical Systems Inc (NYSE:VAR) which lost 1.97% to settle at 127.94 and JB Hunt Transport Services Inc (NASDAQ:JBHT) which was down 1.77% to 95.75 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were JMU Ltd (NASDAQ:JMU) which rose 59.84% to 1.950, NanoVibronix Inc (NASDAQ:NAOV) which was up 61.87% to settle at 4.50 and Westwater Resources Inc (NASDAQ:WWR) which gained 29.92% to close at 4.9500.
The worst performers were BioCryst Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:BCRX) which was down 52.91% to 3.480 in late trade, China Bat Group Inc (NASDAQ:GLG) which lost 46.21% to settle at 0.7100 and Novelion Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:NVLN) which was down 26.03% to 0.873 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2292 to 677 and 111 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1841 rose and 816 declined, while 82 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 8.34% to 14.95.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.22% or 2.80 to $1274.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.36% or 0.23 to hit $62.98 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.06% or 0.04 to trade at $71.99 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1164, while USD/JPY rose 0.00% to 110.50.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 97.868.