U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.28%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Utilities , Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.28% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.57%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.62%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN ), which rose 3.18% or 6.41 points to trade at 207.86 at the close. Meanwhile, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT ) added 2.20% or 9.20 points to end at 427.99 and 3M Company (NYSE:MMM ) was up 2.02% or 2.63 points to 132.95 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN ), which fell 4.76% or 13.99 points to trade at 280.01 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE ) declined 2.09% or 1.66 points to end at 77.61 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA ) was down 1.53% or 2.34 points to 150.76.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG ) which rose 10.11% to 101.16, Constellation Energy Corp (NASDAQ:CEG ) which was up 7.15% to settle at 266.73 and JM Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM ) which gained 5.73% to close at 120.13.

The worst performers were Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI ) which was down 10.40% to 34.42 in late trade, General Motors Company (NYSE:GM ) which lost 8.99% to settle at 54.79 and Align Technology Inc (NASDAQ:ALGN ) which was down 5.23% to 227.93 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Psyence Biomedical Ltd (NASDAQ:PBM ) which rose 6,872.86% to 3.34, Global Mofy Metaverse Ltd (NASDAQ:GMM ) which was up 1,467.69% to settle at 3.59 and Primega Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:PGHL ) which gained 918.60% to close at 107.36.

The worst performers were Alector Inc (NASDAQ:ALEC ) which was down 35.10% to 2.57 in late trade, Above Food Ingredients Inc (NASDAQ:ABVE ) which lost 34.28% to settle at 0.54 and Lucas GC Ltd (NASDAQ:LGCL ) which was down 32.65% to 0.76 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1765 to 1041 and 91 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1959 fell and 1334 advanced, while 124 ended unchanged.

Shares in NRG Energy Inc (NYSE:NRG ) rose to all time highs; rising 10.11% or 9.29 to 101.16. Shares in Alector Inc (NASDAQ:ALEC ) fell to all time lows; down 35.10% or 1.39 to 2.57. Shares in Primega Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:PGHL ) rose to all time highs; rising 918.60% or 96.82 to 107.36.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.42% to 14.10.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.60% or 15.84 to $2,658.44 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.36% or 0.25 to hit $68.69 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.39% or 0.28 to trade at $72.20 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.05, while USD/JPY fell 0.76% to 153.04.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 106.84.

Source: Investing.com