Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.12%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.12%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Pfizer Inc (N:PFE), which rose 2.04% or 0.64 points to trade at 31.97 at the close. Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil Corporation (N:XOM) added 1.99% or 1.60 points to end at 81.88 and Chevron Corporation (N:CVX) was up 1.49% or 1.34 points to 91.35 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walt Disney Company (N:DIS), which fell 1.23% or 1.47 points to trade at 117.95 at the close. Merck & Company Inc (N:MRK) declined 0.98% or 0.53 points to end at 53.48 and American Express Company (N:AXP) was down 0.84% or 0.61 points to 71.63.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Keurig Green Mountain Inc (O:GMCR) which rose 6.85% to 48.85, Chesapeake Energy Corporation (N:CHK) which was up 6.81% to settle at 5.49 and Dollar Tree Inc (O:DLTR) which gained 6.63% to close at 74.16.
The worst performers were Patterson Companies Inc (O:PDCO) which was down 6.00% to 45.71 in late trade, Signet Jewelers Ltd (N:SIG) which lost 4.10% to settle at 134.89 and Delta Air Lines Inc (N:DAL) which was down 3.08% to 47.24 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Voltari Corp (O:VLTC) which rose 144.71% to 8.565, Great Basin Scientific Inc (O:GBSN) which was up 120.00% to settle at 0.1210 and The Bon-Ton Stores Inc (O:BONT) which gained 40.80% to close at 1.76.
The worst performers were KaloBios Pharmaceuticals Inc (O:KBIO) which was down 53.42% to 18.400 in late trade, Uni-Pixel Inc (O:UNXL) which lost 51.65% to settle at 0.72 and XBiotech Inc (O:XBIT) which was down 33.96% to 8.75 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2104 to 1339 and 5 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1549 rose and 1043 declined, while 78 ended unchanged.
Shares in Uni-Pixel Inc (O:UNXL) fell to 5-year lows; down 51.65% or 0.76 to 0.72. Shares in XBiotech Inc (O:XBIT) fell to all time lows; losing 33.96% or 4.50 to 8.75.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.54% to 15.86.
Gold for December delivery was up 0.79% or 8.40 to $1075.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.74% or 1.15 to hit $42.90 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 2.84% or 1.27 to trade at $46.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.0643, while USD/JPY fell 0.29% to 122.50.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 99.68.