Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 2.33%, while the S&P 500 index gained 1.74%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 2.13%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP), which rose 5.97% or 4.05 points to trade at 71.89 at the close. Meanwhile, Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) added 4.33% or 7.93 points to end at 191.04 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 4.18% or 6.54 points to 163.03 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), which fell 1.72% or 1.37 points to trade at 78.35 at the close. Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) declined 1.67% or 0.94 points to end at 55.46 and Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) was down 0.49% or 0.22 points to 44.67.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP) which rose 14.65% to 40.84, Micron Technology Inc (NASDAQ:MU) which was up 11.37% to settle at 43.88 and Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:SWKS) which gained 10.24% to close at 104.38.
The worst performers were CBOE Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CBOE) which was down 10.41% to 116.94 in late trade, Arconic Inc (NYSE:ARNC) which lost 4.68% to settle at 25.28 and Gartner Inc (NYSE:IT) which was down 3.30% to 124.02 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Asta Funding Inc (NASDAQ:ASFI) which rose 43.36% to 10.25, Cyanotech Corporation (NASDAQ:CYAN) which was up 36.36% to settle at 5.25 and Quotient Ltd (NASDAQ:QTNT) which gained 34.78% to close at 4.03.
The worst performers were Inpixon (NASDAQ:INPX) which was down 38.59% to 4.7900 in late trade, Remark Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MARK) which lost 24.86% to settle at 6.950 and Amedica Corp (NASDAQ:AMDA) which was down 15.23% to 2.560 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2234 to 915 and 87 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1653 rose and 903 declined, while 109 ended unchanged.
Shares in Inpixon (NASDAQ:INPX) fell to 52-week highs; falling 38.59% or 3.0101 to 4.7900. Shares in Cyanotech Corporation (NASDAQ:CYAN) rose to 52-week highs; rising 36.36% or 1.40 to 5.25. Shares in Amedica Corp (NASDAQ:AMDA) fell to 3-years lows; down 15.23% or 0.460 to 2.560.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 19.27% to 30.13.
Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.85% or 11.30 to $1325.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.14% or 0.73 to hit $63.42 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.08% or 0.73 to trade at $66.89 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.2373, while USD/JPY rose 0.47% to 109.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 89.57.