Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.32%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.70%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 2.93% or 1.87 points to trade at 65.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) added 2.83% or 3.40 points to end at 123.39 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) was up 2.69% or 1.32 points to 50.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which fell 2.69% or 4.17 points to trade at 150.97 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) declined 1.79% or 4.59 points to end at 251.23 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was down 1.41% or 4.87 points to 339.33.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) which rose 11.12% to 249.09, KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC) which was up 4.26% to settle at 305.36 and Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) which gained 3.89% to close at 119.33.
The worst performers were TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP) which was down 10.52% to 53.68 in late trade, SVB Financial Group (NASDAQ:SIVB) which lost 6.03% to settle at 511.76 and Nordstrom Inc (NYSE:JWN) which was down 5.77% to 40.04 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Support.com Inc (NASDAQ:SPRT) which rose 231.78% to 7.100, Jiayin Group Inc (NASDAQ:JFIN) which was up 78.10% to settle at 14.64 and Summer Infant Inc (NASDAQ:SUMR) which gained 38.62% to close at 18.0200.
The worst performers were Odonate Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ODT) which was down 79.19% to 3.96 in late trade, Euroseas Ltd (NASDAQ:ESEA) which lost 20.94% to settle at 10.95 and Farmmi Inc (NASDAQ:FAMI) which was down 18.57% to 1.1400 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 0 to 0; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced.
Shares in Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) rose to all time highs; rising 11.12% or 24.93 to 249.09. Shares in Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.69% or 1.32 to 50.30. Shares in Support.com Inc (NASDAQ:SPRT) rose to 5-year highs; up 231.78% or 4.960 to 7.100. Shares in Odonate Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ODT) fell to all time lows; down 79.19% or 15.07 to 3.96. Shares in Jiayin Group Inc (NASDAQ:JFIN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 78.10% or 6.42 to 14.64.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 9.88% to 18.88 a new 52-week low.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.25% or 4.40 to $1733.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.81% or 0.50 to hit $61.06 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.30% or 0.19 to trade at $64.07 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1932, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 108.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 91.838.