Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the rose 0.76%, while the index climbed 1.04%, and the index climbed 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:), which rose 3.04% or 9.64 points to trade at 326.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Dow Inc (NYSE:) added 2.88% or 1.47 points to end at 52.48 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:) was up 2.79% or 5.44 points to 200.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:), which fell 1.41% or 2.28 points to trade at 158.97 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) declined 1.39% or 0.28 points to end at 19.83 and Boeing Co (NYSE:) was down 1.19% or 1.99 points to 165.04.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Kenvue Inc (NYSE:) which rose 14.68% to 20.86, Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE:) which was up 10.93% to settle at 64.87 and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (NYSE:) which gained 7.51% to close at 150.26.
The worst performers were Henry Schein Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 8.11% to 63.92 in late trade, Albemarle Corp (NYSE:) which lost 4.78% to settle at 79.53 and Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE:) which was down 4.39% to 246.14 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Biovie Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 685.98% to 2.31, VBI Vaccines Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 111.29% to settle at 0.13 and Lytus Technologies Holdings Ptv Ltd (NASDAQ:) which gained 54.61% to close at 2.18.
The worst performers were Airnet Technology Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 81.46% to 0.44 in late trade, Richtech Robotics Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 73.94% to settle at 0.37 and Elevation Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 63.37% to 0.78 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2121 to 731 and 70 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2186 rose and 1180 declined, while 118 ended unchanged.
Shares in Albemarle Corp (NYSE:) fell to 3-years lows; down 4.78% or 3.99 to 79.53. Shares in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) fell to 5-year lows; down 1.39% or 0.28 to 19.83. Shares in Biovie Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to all time lows; rising 685.98% or 2.02 to 2.31. Shares in Airnet Technology Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 81.46% or 1.95 to 0.44. Shares in Richtech Robotics Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 73.94% or 1.05 to 0.37.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 28.16% to 27.71.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.62% or 15.25 to $2,429.15 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $72.94 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.09% or 0.07 to trade at $76.23 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.37% to 144.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 102.73.
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