U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.91%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.91%, while the S&P 500 index gained 1.10%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.35%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT ), which rose 2.58% or 2.33 points to trade at 92.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS ) added 2.10% or 12.01 points to end at 582.79 and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN ) was up 1.77% or 3.99 points to 229.05 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ ), which fell 0.34% or 0.14 points to trade at 39.80 at the close. Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH ) declined 0.05% or 0.24 points to end at 506.10 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE ) was up 0.04% or 0.03 points to 76.79.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA ) which rose 7.36% to 462.28, Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI ) which was up 5.96% to settle at 34.33 and Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO ) which gained 3.15% to close at 239.68.

The worst performers were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA ) which was down 1.18% to 9.19 in late trade, Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE ) which lost 1.16% to settle at 68.40 and Amentum Holdings LLC (NYSE:AMTM ) 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:BAOS ) which rose 310.40% to 7.10, Hour Loop Inc (NASDAQ:HOUR ) which was up 203.45% to settle at 4.40 and Graphjet Technology (NASDAQ:GTI ) which gained 168.72% to close at 0.61.

The worst performers were Sol Gel Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:SLGL ) which was down 40.62% to 0.98 in late trade, Direct Digital Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:DRCT ) which lost 32.55% to settle at 3.71 and Check Cap Ltd (NASDAQ:CHEK ) which was down 31.11% to 1.55 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2121 to 650 and 93 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2196 rose and 1066 declined, while 119 ended unchanged.

Shares in Baosheng Media Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:BAOS ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 310.40% or 5.37 to 7.10. Shares in Hour Loop Inc (NASDAQ:HOUR ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 203.45% or 2.95 to 4.40.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 14.96% to 14.27.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.20% or 5.30 to $2,633.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, 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 0.11% to 1.04, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 157.19.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.

Source: Investing.com