Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.65%, while the S&P 500 index added 1.26%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which rose 4.02% or 2.58 points to trade at 66.70 at the close. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) added 3.50% or 7.61 points to end at 224.81 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was up 3.03% or 3.77 points to 128.33 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which lost 0.16% or 0.24 points to trade at 149.83 in late trade. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) added 0.08% or 0.01 points to end at 13.13 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) gained 0.49% or 0.85 points to 173.75.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Under Armour Inc C (NYSE:UA) which rose 5.43% to 14.750, Foot Locker Inc (NYSE:FL) which was up 4.67% to settle at 45.87 and Under Armour Inc A (NYSE:UAA) which gained 4.60% to close at 16.84.
The worst performers were Viacom B Inc (NASDAQ:VIAB) which was down 3.70% to 29.42 in late trade, Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) which lost 2.02% to settle at 2.910 and Signet Jewelers Ltd (NYSE:SIG) which was down 1.75% to 35.45 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Casi Pharma (NASDAQ:CASI) which rose 47.54% to 6.3000, Innovate Biopharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:INNT) which was up 41.54% to settle at 46.00 and MYnd Analytics Inc (NASDAQ:MYND) which gained 36.51% to close at 1.72.
The worst performers were Westmoreland Coal Company (NASDAQ:WLB) which was down 41.53% to 0.24 in late trade, Cancer Genetics Inc (NASDAQ:CGIX) which lost 35.29% to settle at 1.100 and Orexigen Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:OREX) which was down 33.42% to 0.223 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2209 to 932 and 28 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1628 rose and 898 declined, while 140 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 10.08% to 21.24.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.79% or 10.60 to $1336.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.86% or 0.54 to hit $63.55 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.50 to trade at $68.14 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.2270, while USD/JPY rose 0.68% to 106.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 89.84.