Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.43% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index gained 1.91%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 2.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which rose 5.40% or 15.56 points to trade at 303.63 at the close. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) added 4.56% or 0.92 points to end at 21.09 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) was up 3.68% or 1.81 points to 51.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV), which lost 1.35% or 2.30 points to trade at 168.70 in late trade. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) declined 0.39% or 2.11 points to end at 540.46 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) shed 0.29% or 0.30 points to 102.17.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which rose 16.35% to 91.39, Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc (NYSE:ARE) which was up 11.67% to settle at 105.32 and First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:FSLR) which gained 11.43% to close at 149.14.
The worst performers were McKesson Corporation (NYSE:MCK) which was down 3.57% to 453.82 in late trade, CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) which lost 2.45% to settle at 211.76 and Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:VRTX) which was down 2.37% to 369.95 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Biocardia Inc (NASDAQ:BCDA) which rose 168.17% to 1.07, reAlpha Tech Corp (NASDAQ:AIRE) which was up 103.74% to settle at 12.00 and Turnstone Biologics Corp (NASDAQ:TSBX) which gained 66.11% to close at 2.99.
The worst performers were Beauty Health Co (NASDAQ:SKIN) which was down 64.36% to 1.39 in late trade, Applied UV Inc (NASDAQ:AUVI) which lost 40.76% to settle at 0.16 and Gamida Cell Ltd (NASDAQ:GMDA) which was down 37.67% to 0.37 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2655 to 282 and 38 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2672 rose and 834 declined, while 84 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.07% to 14.16 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.85% or 16.55 to $1,966.75 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.14% or 0.11 to hit $78.15 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.10% or 0.08 to trade at $82.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.68% to 1.09, while USD/JPY fell 0.88% to 150.38.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.48% at 103.94.