Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.66% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.70%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which rose 3.11% or 4.73 points to trade at 156.92 at the close. Meanwhile, EI du Pont de Nemours and Company (NYSE:DD) added 2.66% or 1.71 points to end at 65.94 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) was up 2.57% or 2.00 points to 79.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT), which fell 1.07% or 0.79 points to trade at 73.27 at the close. Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) declined 0.93% or 1.23 points to end at 130.81 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was down 0.80% or 0.45 points to 55.47.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ:STX) which rose 21.83% to 29.35, American Airlines Group (NASDAQ:AAL) which was up 11.23% to settle at 34.66 and Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which gained 10.73% to close at 12.90.
The worst performers were Fastenal Company (NASDAQ:FAST) which was down 3.46% to 43.79 in late trade, Alliant Energy Corporation (NYSE:LNT) which lost 2.77% to settle at 39.34 and Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE:NEM) which was down 2.68% to 39.96 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Clean Diesel Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:CDTI) which rose 81.41% to 0.6803, Sage Therapeutic (NASDAQ:SAGE) which was up 37.33% to settle at 46.21 and SemiLEDS Corporation (NASDAQ:LEDS) which gained 33.99% to close at 8.1200.
The worst performers were CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR) which was down 59.76% to 1.010 in late trade, Escalon Medical Corp (NASDAQ:ESMC) which lost 28.71% to settle at 0.7200 and KBS Fashion Group Ltd (NASDAQ:KBSF) which was down 19.19% to 0.3100 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2307 to 997 and 21 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1857 rose and 746 declined, while 46 ended unchanged.
Shares in CytRx Corporation (NASDAQ:CYTR) fell to all time lows; falling 59.76% or 1.500 to 1.010.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.52% to 13.61.
Gold for August delivery was down 1.70% or 23.10 to $1333.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 4.49% or 2.01 to hit $46.77 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 4.52% or 2.09 to trade at $48.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1062, while USD/JPY rose 1.91% to 104.75.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 96.54.