U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.30%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.30%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.97%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.44%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC ), which rose 4.20% or 0.94 points to trade at 23.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM ) added 2.46% or 7.00 points to end at 291.57 and Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV ) was up 1.93% or 4.37 points to 230.34 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT ), which fell 2.58% or 10.29 points to trade at 387.96 at the close. Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW ) declined 2.58% or 1.41 points to end at 53.21 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP ) was down 1.71% or 4.68 points to 269.11.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Palantir Technologies Inc (NYSE:PLTR ) which rose 6.56% to 41.44, Edwards Lifesciences Corp (NYSE:EW ) which was up 6.20% to settle at 68.54 and Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ:PANW ) which gained 5.09% to close at 355.13.

The worst performers were Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC ) which was down 7.66% to 159.99 in late trade, Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO ) which lost 5.31% to settle at 136.34 and Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI ) which was down 5.01% to 45.35 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Agrify Corp (NASDAQ:AGFY ) which rose 1,470.73% to 3.22, Vision Marine Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:VMAR ) which was up 675.35% to settle at 3.90 and Laser Photonics Corp Unit (NASDAQ:LASE ) which gained 83.33% to close at 7.92.

The worst performers were Vincerx Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:VINC ) which was down 41.62% to 0.41 in late trade, Cemtrex Inc (NASDAQ:CETX ) which lost 34.26% to settle at 0.90 and Phoenix Motor Inc (NASDAQ:PEV ) which was down 33.24% to 0.70 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1452 to 1364 and 82 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1809 fell and 1463 advanced, while 134 ended unchanged.

Shares in Palantir Technologies Inc (NYSE:PLTR ) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.56% or 2.55 to 41.44. Shares in Vincerx Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:VINC ) fell to all time lows; losing 41.62% or 0.29 to 0.41. Shares in Vision Marine Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:VMAR ) rose to all time lows; rising 675.35% or 3.40 to 3.90. Shares in Cemtrex Inc (NASDAQ:CETX ) fell to all time lows; down 34.26% or 0.47 to 0.90.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.39% to 21.42.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.99% or 26.30 to $2,639.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 4.42% or 3.41 to hit $73.73 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 4.37% or 3.54 to trade at $77.39 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.10, while USD/JPY fell 0.01% to 148.16.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 102.23.

Source: Investing.com