Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities, Technology and Health Care sectors led shares higher.
At the close in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.79%, while the S&P 500 index added 1.07%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE), which rose 3.27% or 1.08 points to trade at 34.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) added 2.84% or 1.17 points to end at 42.40 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was up 2.34% or 0.77 points to 33.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which fell 0.91% or 0.77 points to trade at 83.90 at the close. Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) declined 0.60% or 0.55 points to end at 91.01 and Visa Inc (NYSE:V) was down 0.34% or 0.91 points to 264.55.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Martin Marietta Materials Inc (NYSE:MLM) which rose 15.17% to 137.24, Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE:SEE) which was up 10.60% to settle at 45.27 and Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which gained 9.66% to close at 31.09.
The worst performers were Denbury Resources Inc (NYSE:DNR) which was down 8.48% to 8.20 in late trade, Transocean Ltd (NYSE:RIG) which lost 6.26% to settle at 19.16 and Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE:CSC) which was down 6.09% to 60.89 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Ivanhoe Energy Inc (NASDAQ:IVAN) which rose 34.62% to 0.920, Finjan Hold (NASDAQ:FNJN) which was up 30.54% to settle at 2.65 and Fuwei Films (Holdings) Co Ltd (NASDAQ:FFHL) which gained 26.55% to close at 0.697.
The worst performers were KBS Fashion Group Ltd (NASDAQ:KBSF) which was down 39.29% to 4.25 in late trade, BioClinica (NASDAQ:BIOC) which lost 33.51% to settle at 1.23 and Recon Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:RCON) which was down 21.23% to 2.300 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1776 to 1020; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1752 rose and 1051 declined, while 1 ended unchanged.
Shares in Finjan Hold (NASDAQ:FNJN) rose to 52-week lows; gaining 30.54% or 0.62 to 2.65.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.01% to 17.25.
Gold for April delivery was down 0.60% or 7.50 to $1234.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in March fell 4.30% or 2.27 to hit $50.59 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract fell 2.13% or 1.26 to trade at $58.06 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.1313, while USD/JPY rose 0.67% to 119.43.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 94.86.