Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.96%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.88%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (N:CAT), which rose 4.86% or 3.17 points to trade at 68.41 at the close. Meanwhile, International Business Machines (N:IBM) added 1.79% or 2.43 points to end at 137.93 and Wal-Mart Stores Inc (N:WMT) was up 1.66% or 0.99 points to 60.54 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Apple Inc (O:AAPL), which fell 0.09% or 0.10 points to trade at 107.23 at the close. McDonald`s Corporation (N:MCD) added 0.03% or 0.03 points to end at 117.72 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (N:UNH) was up 0.03% or 0.03 points to 117.44.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Ensco PLC (N:ESV) which rose 6.25% to 15.30, Helmerich & Payne Inc (N:HP) which was up 5.84% to settle at 52.92 and ONEOK Inc (N:OKE) which gained 5.81% to close at 23.12.
The worst performers were Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (N:CMG) which was down 5.25% to 494.61 in late trade, NetApp Inc (O:NTAP) which lost 4.96% to settle at 26.23 and Tesoro Corporation (N:TSO) which was down 2.14% to 102.93 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were China Information Technology Inc (O:CNIT) which rose 36.64% to 1.790, Reliv International Inc (O:RELV) which was up 27.96% to settle at 0.530 and Unted Dev Fnd Iv (O:UDF) which gained 26.70% to close at 14.00.
The worst performers were Perseon Corp (O:PRSN) which was down 57.12% to 0.295 in late trade, Amtech Systems Inc (O:ASYS) which lost 22.74% to settle at 6.42 and Great Basin Scientific Inc (O:GBSN) which was down 22.49% to 1.6200 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2547 to 893 and 1 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1673 rose and 968 declined, while 47 ended unchanged.
Shares in Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (N:CMG) fell to 52-week lows; falling 5.25% or 27.40 to 494.61. Shares in NetApp Inc (O:NTAP) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.96% or 1.37 to 26.23. Shares in Great Basin Scientific Inc (O:GBSN) fell to all time lows; falling 22.49% or 0.4700 to 1.6200.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 10.59% to 16.72.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.80% or 8.60 to $1072.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.02% or 0.36 to hit $36.17 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.12 to trade at $36.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.37% to 1.0956, while USD/JPY fell 0.12% to 121.06.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.23% at 98.21.