Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the added 0.91%, while the index added 1.10%, and the index climbed 1.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Walmart Inc (NYSE:), which rose 2.58% or 2.33 points to trade at 92.68 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) added 2.10% or 12.01 points to end at 582.79 and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:) was up 1.77% or 3.99 points to 229.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:), which lost 0.34% or 0.14 points to trade at 39.80 in late trade. Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:) declined 0.05% or 0.24 points to end at 506.10 and Nike Inc (NYSE:) gained 0.04% or 0.03 points to 76.79.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 7.36% to 462.28, Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 5.96% to settle at 34.33 and Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 3.15% to close at 239.68.
The worst performers were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 1.18% to 9.19 in late trade, Celanese Corporation (NYSE:) which lost 1.16% to settle at 68.40 and Amentum Holdings LLC (NYSE:) which was down 0.80% to 19.81 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Baosheng Media Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:) which rose 310.40% to 7.10, Hour Loop Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 203.45% to settle at 4.40 and Graphjet Technology (NASDAQ:) which gained 168.72% to close at 0.61.
The worst performers were Sol Gel Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 40.62% to 0.98 in late trade, Direct Digital Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 32.55% to settle at 3.71 and Check Cap Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 31.11% to 1.55 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2121 to 650 and 93 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2196 rose and 1066 declined, while 119 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 14.96% to 14.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.20% or 5.30 to $2,633.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.33% or 0.92 to hit $70.16 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.90 to trade at $73.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.04, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 157.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.
