Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.37%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.23%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which rose 4.29% or 0.95 points to trade at 23.11 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 2.94% or 2.93 points to end at 102.61 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) was up 2.74% or 2.65 points to 99.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN), which fell 1.83% or 5.90 points to trade at 316.07 at the close. Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM) declined 0.80% or 2.31 points to end at 285.80 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was down 0.68% or 0.28 points to 41.10.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were GE HealthCare Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:GEHC) which rose 11.65% to 81.96, Dupont De Nemours Inc (NYSE:DD) which was up 7.34% to settle at 65.70 and Willis Towers Watson PLC (NASDAQ:WTW) which gained 7.18% to close at 268.45.
The worst performers were FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) which was down 11.55% to 53.44 in late trade, Charter Communications Inc (NASDAQ:CHTR) which lost 4.40% to settle at 290.28 and Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) which was down 3.71% to 607.14 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were InVivo Therapeutics Holdings Corp (NASDAQ:NVIV) which rose 136.94% to 0.53, Medavail Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MDVL) which was up 92.40% to settle at 3.29 and ADDvantage Technologies Group Inc (NASDAQ:AEY) which gained 77.14% to close at 0.62.
The worst performers were Sunworks Inc (NASDAQ:SUNW) which was down 58.37% to 0.09 in late trade, BioRestorative Therapies Inc (NASDAQ:BRTX) which lost 54.49% to settle at 1.57 and Peraso Inc (NASDAQ:PRSO) which was down 42.62% to 1.75 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2050 to 827 and 53 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2159 rose and 1264 declined, while 105 ended unchanged.
Shares in Charter Communications Inc (NASDAQ:CHTR) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.40% or 13.37 to 290.28. Shares in Willis Towers Watson PLC (NASDAQ:WTW) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 7.18% or 17.99 to 268.45. Shares in Sunworks Inc (NASDAQ:SUNW) fell to all time lows; down 58.37% or 0.12 to 0.09. Shares in Peraso Inc (NASDAQ:PRSO) fell to all time lows; falling 42.62% or 1.30 to 1.75.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.46% to 13.06.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.44% or 8.95 to $2,051.85 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.95% or 0.69 to hit $73.47 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.90% or 0.70 to trade at $78.69 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.08, while USD/JPY fell 0.52% to 147.90.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 104.04.