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 Oil&Gas, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.28%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.10%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.01%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which rose 2.01% or 2.79 points to trade at 141.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) added 1.64% or 2.79 points to end at 172.67 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) was up 1.45% or 1.24 points to 87.02 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which fell 1.31% or 0.35 points to trade at 26.44 at the close. 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) declined 1.08% or 1.32 points to end at 120.81 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was down 0.79% or 2.51 points to 314.82.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) which rose 5.94% to 201.16, Newmont Goldcorp Corp (NYSE:NEM) which was up 4.43% to settle at 47.62 and Schlumberger NV (NYSE:SLB) which gained 3.95% to close at 51.80.

The worst performers were Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which was down 8.05% to 137.80 in late trade, FactSet Research Systems Inc (NYSE:FDS) which lost 5.28% to settle at 397.73 and General Mills Inc (NYSE:GIS) which was down 4.58% to 83.13 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Icecure Medical Ltd (NASDAQ:ICCM) which rose 177.60% to 2.60, Erayak Power Solution Group Inc (NASDAQ:RAYA) which was up 47.54% to settle at 2.70 and E-Home Household Service Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:EJH) which gained 39.93% to close at 0.53.

The worst performers were Magenta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:MGTA) which was down 52.71% to 0.39 in late trade, Biovie Inc (NASDAQ:BIVI) which lost 39.36% to settle at 6.07 and BeyondSpring Inc (NASDAQ:BYSI) which was down 35.25% to 1.69 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1692 to 1408 and 98 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1904 rose and 1827 declined, while 177 ended unchanged.

Shares in Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 8.05% or 12.07 to 137.80. Shares in Magenta Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:MGTA) fell to all time lows; falling 52.71% or 0.44 to 0.39.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.19% to 21.48.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.70% or 30.65 to $1,828.35 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.74% or 0.56 to hit $75.94 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.10 to trade at $79.70 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.06, while USD/JPY fell 3.81% to 131.66.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.71% at 103.61.