U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.38%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.38%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.65%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.48%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 2.46% or 4.49 points to trade at 186.84 at the close. Meanwhile, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 2.27% or 0.81 points to end at 36.50 and Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:HON) was up 1.95% or 3.51 points to 183.26 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which fell 6.69% or 16.19 points to trade at 225.97 at the close. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) declined 2.85% or 7.49 points to end at 255.70 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) was down 0.27% or 0.39 points to 145.70.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) which rose 14.11% to 200.51, Monolithic Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ:MPWR) which was up 9.34% to settle at 441.74 and Leidos Holdings Inc (NYSE:LDOS) which gained 8.01% to close at 99.14.

The worst performers were VF Corporation (NYSE:VFC) which was down 14.02% to 14.72 in late trade, Catalent Inc (NYSE:CTLT) which lost 13.82% to settle at 34.41 and FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) which was down 8.21% to 53.20 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Scisparc Ltd (NASDAQ:SPRC) which rose 64.81% to 5.62, GSE Systems Inc (NASDAQ:GVP) which was up 50.63% to settle at 2.38 and Troika Media Group Inc (NASDAQ:TRKA) which gained 48.57% to close at 1.04.

The worst performers were Kintara Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:KTRA) which was down 80.50% to 0.75 in late trade, Sientra Inc (NASDAQ:SIEN) which lost 56.16% to settle at 0.64 and Galera Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:GRTX) which was down 54.02% to 0.10 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2047 to 886 and 77 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2094 rose and 1373 declined, while 133 ended unchanged.

Shares in Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET) rose to all time highs; rising 14.11% or 24.79 to 200.51. Shares in VF Corporation (NYSE:VFC) fell to 5-year lows; down 14.02% or 2.40 to 14.72. Shares in FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) fell to 5-year lows; losing 8.21% or 4.76 to 53.20. Shares in Kintara Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:KTRA) fell to all time lows; falling 80.50% or 3.08 to 0.75. Shares in Sientra Inc (NASDAQ:SIEN) fell to all time lows; losing 56.16% or 0.82 to 0.64. Shares in Galera Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:GRTX) fell to all time lows; falling 54.02% or 0.11 to 0.10.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 8.15% to 18.14.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.64% or 12.85 to $1,992.75 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.21% or 1.00 to hit $81.31 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 1.12% or 0.97 to trade at $85.38 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 1.06, while USD/JPY rose 1.69% to 151.63.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 106.54.