Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.15%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.25%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which rose 1.51% or 0.96 points to trade at 64.62 at the close. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 1.38% or 2.16 points to end at 158.22 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 1.23% or 1.28 points to 105.77 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE), which fell 3.05% or 1.11 points to trade at 35.27 at the close. Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) declined 1.15% or 0.67 points to end at 57.66 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) was down 1.00% or 0.86 points to 85.93.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) which rose 8.08% to 5.285, Newfield Exploration Company (NYSE:NFX) which was up 7.41% to settle at 44.63 and American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) which gained 7.25% to close at 58.06.
The worst performers were Qorvo Inc (NASDAQ:QRVO) which was down 10.35% to 55.09 in late trade, Verisk Analytics Inc (NASDAQ:VRSK) which lost 5.42% to settle at 79.18 and Fiserv Inc (NASDAQ:FISV) which was down 4.70% to 104.27 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Magellan Petroleum Corporation (NASDAQ:MPET) which rose 112.50% to 2.5500, China Natural Resources Inc (NASDAQ:CHNR) which was up 59.11% to settle at 2.5299 and Sizmek Inc (NASDAQ:SZMK) which gained 45.11% to close at 3.860.
The worst performers were Stereotaxis Inc (NASDAQ:STXS) which was down 32.84% to 0.9201 in late trade, Cray Inc (NASDAQ:CRAY) which lost 30.18% to settle at 21.84 and The Chefs Warehouse Inc (NASDAQ:CHEF) which was down 29.60% to 11.37 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2093 to 1091 and 57 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1633 rose and 883 declined, while 83 ended unchanged.
Shares in Magellan Petroleum Corporation (NASDAQ:MPET) rose to 52-week highs; rising 112.50% or 1.3500 to 2.5500. Shares in The Chefs Warehouse Inc (NASDAQ:CHEF) fell to all time lows; losing 29.60% or 4.78 to 11.37.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.59% to 12.89.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.56% or 7.70 to $1364.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 4.13% or 1.63 to hit $41.14 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 3.92% or 1.64 to trade at $43.44 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.67% to 1.1149, while USD/JPY rose 0.29% to 101.17.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.49% at 95.49.