Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.09% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index added 0.98%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which rose 3.50% or 3.43 points to trade at 101.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) added 2.43% or 1.16 points to end at 48.82 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) was up 2.33% or 0.86 points to 37.73 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL), which fell 0.59% or 1.02 points to trade at 173.07 at the close. Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) declined 0.15% or 0.07 points to end at 45.83 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was down 0.08% or 0.05 points to 59.58.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were O'Reilly Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:ORLY) which rose 5.61% to 228.47, Acuity Brands Inc (NYSE:AYI) which was up 5.12% to settle at 168.04 and Ulta Beauty Inc (NASDAQ:ULTA) which gained 5.02% to close at 217.07.
The worst performers were Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX) which was down 7.44% to 26.39 in late trade, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which lost 3.29% to settle at 11.170 and Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) which was down 2.56% to 209.43 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Cenveo Inc (NASDAQ:CVO) which rose 81.37% to 1.460, Apollo Endosurgery Inc (NASDAQ:APEN) which was up 33.00% to settle at 5.4000 and Biocept Inc (NASDAQ:BIOC) which gained 24.98% to close at 0.825.
The worst performers were Auris Medical Holding AG (NASDAQ:EARS) which was down 48.17% to 0.428 in late trade, Marathon Patent Group Inc (NASDAQ:MARA) which lost 40.86% to settle at 3.850 and Insignia Systems Inc (NASDAQ:ISIG) which was down 25.42% to 1.320 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2090 to 1008 and 124 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1639 rose and 897 declined, while 115 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 2.33% or 0.86 to 37.73. Shares in Auris Medical Holding AG (NASDAQ:EARS) fell to all time lows; down 48.17% or 0.397 to 0.428.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.11% to 9.98.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.10% or 1.30 to $1293.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.40% or 0.23 to hit $57.88 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.43% or 0.27 to trade at $63.11 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.45% to 1.1844, while USD/JPY rose 0.14% to 111.41.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 93.17.