Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.27%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.29%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which rose 0.93% or 1.23 points to trade at 134.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) added 0.78% or 0.37 points to end at 47.96 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 0.73% or 2.13 points to 293.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), which fell 0.47% or 0.56 points to trade at 118.84 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) declined 0.20% or 0.64 points to end at 325.76 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was down 0.09% or 0.08 points to 90.95.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) which rose 3.92% to 21.59, Mylan NV (NASDAQ:MYL) which was up 3.45% to settle at 20.10 and DuPont Inc (NYSE:DD) which gained 3.07% to close at 64.20.
The worst performers were Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) which was down 1.46% to 343.97 in late trade, L3Harris Technologies Inc (NYSE:LHX) which lost 1.10% to settle at 197.87 and Anthem Inc (NYSE:ANTM) which was down 1.07% to 302.03 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were FuelCell Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FCEL) which rose 49.40% to 2.510, Viveve Medical Inc (NASDAQ:VIVE) which was up 47.13% to settle at 1.2600 and Inpixon (NASDAQ:INPX) which gained 43.61% to close at 0.1090.
The worst performers were Onconova Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ONTX) which was down 20.08% to 0.3830 in late trade, InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:NVIV) which lost 19.68% to settle at 0.22 and Equillium Inc (NASDAQ:EQ) which was down 19.33% to 3.38 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1851 to 967 and 99 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1615 rose and 1043 declined, while 80 ended unchanged.
Shares in Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) rose to all time highs; rising 0.73% or 2.13 to 293.65.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.02% to 13.78.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.09% or 1.35 to $1519.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.78% or 0.48 to hit $61.20 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.96% or 0.64 to trade at $66.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1213, while USD/JPY fell 0.00% to 108.61.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 96.150.