Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.04%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 1.68%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 2.40%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 5.73% or 1.11 points to trade at 20.47 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 5.16% or 3.85 points to end at 78.49 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was up 2.82% or 4.63 points to 168.76 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), which fell 0.94% or 1.51 points to trade at 158.39 at the close. Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) declined 0.83% or 0.57 points to end at 68.13 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) was down 0.61% or 0.88 points to 144.15.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) which rose 24.50% to 95.91, VF Corporation (NYSE:VFC) which was up 7.41% to settle at 17.80 and Estee Lauder Companies Inc (NYSE:EL) which gained 6.64% to close at 91.93.
The worst performers were Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE:CMG) which was down 7.50% to 51.68 in late trade, Baxter International Inc (NYSE:BAX) which lost 6.53% to settle at 34.51 and Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:ILMN) which was down 3.87% to 119.72 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SHPH) which fell 15.72% to 2.00, Earlyworks Co Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:ELWS) which was up 175.00% to settle at 4.40 and Vicinity Motor Corp (NASDAQ:VEV) which gained 110.06% to close at 0.21.
The worst performers were E-Home Household Service Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:EJH) which was down 88.55% to 0.15 in late trade, Syros Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SYRS) which lost 61.68% to settle at 1.92 and Ascent Solar Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:ASTI) which was down 42.75% to 0.05 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2242 to 623 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2337 rose and 992 declined, while 131 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shuttle Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SHPH) fell to all time lows; losing 15.72% or 0.37 to 2.00. Shares in E-Home Household Service Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:EJH) fell to all time lows; down 88.55% or 1.16 to 0.15. Shares in Syros Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SYRS) fell to all time lows; falling 61.68% or 3.09 to 1.92. Shares in Ascent Solar Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:ASTI) fell to all time lows; losing 42.75% or 0.03 to 0.05.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 12.51% to 18.12.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.12% or 3.10 to $2,507.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.82% or 1.46 to hit $78.60 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.73% or 1.42 to trade at $80.88 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.10, while USD/JPY fell 0.25% to 146.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.54% at 102.41.