Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.39%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.25%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 10.15% or 18.92 points to trade at 205.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) added 2.52% or 14.33 points to end at 582.39 and Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:HON) was up 1.54% or 2.93 points to 193.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which fell 1.79% or 1.91 points to trade at 104.86 at the close. Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) declined 1.79% or 1.29 points to end at 70.66 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) was down 1.50% or 2.29 points to 150.25.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) which rose 10.15% to 205.38, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) which was up 8.66% to settle at 43.48 and NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ:NXPI) which gained 7.95% to close at 215.35.
The worst performers were Packaging Corp of America (NYSE:PKG) which was down 5.26% to 192.55 in late trade, International Paper (NYSE:IP) which lost 3.42% to settle at 37.85 and PG&E Corp (NYSE:PCG) which was down 3.28% to 15.32 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Polyrizon Ltd (NASDAQ:PLRZ) which rose 129.75% to 7.26, TryHard Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:THH) which was up 49.67% to settle at 22.42 and Foxx Development Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:FOXX) which gained 34.75% to close at 6.01.
The worst performers were Sonnet Biotherapeutics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:SONN) which was down 59.35% to 1.26 in late trade, Janux Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:JANX) which lost 53.34% to settle at 15.86 and American Bitcoin Corp (NASDAQ:ABTC) which was down 38.67% to 2.20 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1550 to 1200 and 87 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1895 fell and 1467 advanced, while 167 ended unchanged.
Shares in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) rose to 52-week highs; rising 8.66% or 3.47 to 43.48. Shares in TryHard Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:THH) rose to all time highs; gaining 49.67% or 7.44 to 22.42. Shares in Janux Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:JANX) fell to 52-week lows; losing 53.34% or 18.13 to 15.86.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.77% to 16.59.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.79% or 33.90 to $4,240.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.18% or 0.70 to hit $58.62 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.17% or 0.74 to trade at $62.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.13% to 1.16, while USD/JPY rose 0.26% to 155.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 99.30.
