Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.18% to hit a new 3-month high, while the S&P 500 index added 1.36%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 3.04% or 0.88 points to trade at 29.82 at the close. Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) added 3.04% or 4.40 points to end at 149.25 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) was up 2.96% or 1.20 points to 41.79 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which lost 1.40% or 1.37 points to trade at 96.21 in late trade. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) declined 0.39% or 1.11 points to end at 287.05 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) shed 0.25% or 0.44 points to 172.50.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Best Buy Co Inc (NYSE:BBY) which rose 12.78% to 79.88, Agilent Technologies Inc (NYSE:A) which was up 8.08% to settle at 156.86 and CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:CF) which gained 6.72% to close at 109.68.
The worst performers were Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR) which was down 7.79% to 152.37 in late trade, Rollins Inc (NYSE:ROL) which lost 6.14% to settle at 39.53 and Medtronic PLC (NYSE:MDT) which was down 5.30% to 77.93 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Cosmos Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:COSM) which rose 86.93% to 0.33, Palisade Bio Inc (NASDAQ:PALI) which was up 81.90% to settle at 4.02 and Motorsport Gaming Us LLC (NASDAQ:MSGM) which gained 51.11% to close at 6.80.
The worst performers were Eqonex Ltd (NASDAQ:EQOS) which was down 32.81% to 0.14 in late trade, WiSA Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:WISA) which lost 21.56% to settle at 0.20 and AGBA Acquisition Ltd (NASDAQ:AGBA) which was down 21.44% to 4.97 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2350 to 760 and 110 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2255 rose and 1545 declined, while 238 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.79% to 21.29 a new 3-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 1.15 to $1,740.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.44% or 1.15 to hit $81.19 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.23% or 1.08 to trade at $88.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.62% to 1.03, while USD/JPY fell 0.65% to 141.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.64% at 107.05.