U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.98%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.98%, while the S&P 500 index gained 1.30%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.58%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), which rose 3.67% or 5.82 points to trade at 164.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 3.65% or 4.42 points to end at 125.62 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) was up 3.12% or 4.82 points to 159.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which fell 2.40% or 0.70 points to trade at 28.46 at the close. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) declined 0.75% or 1.77 points to end at 232.95 and Procter&Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) was down 0.70% or 1.01 points to 144.12.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were First Republic Bank (NYSE:FRC) which rose 29.56% to 15.78, KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) which was up 9.34% to settle at 12.76 and Comerica Inc (NYSE:CMA) which gained 9.13% to close at 48.64.

The worst performers were Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE:ATO) which was down 4.05% to 110.23 in late trade, Consolidated Edison Inc (NYSE:ED) which lost 3.85% to settle at 93.18 and Digital Realty Trust Inc (NYSE:DLR) which was down 3.69% to 97.91 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Quince Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:QNCX) which rose 71.10% to 1.44, Cerberus Cyber Sentinel Corp (NASDAQ:CISO) which was up 67.87% to settle at 0.39 and Pear Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:PEAR) which gained 59.88% to close at 0.34.

The worst performers were Qutoutiao Inc (NASDAQ:QTT) which was down 57.68% to 0.30 in late trade, Altimmune Inc (NASDAQ:ALT) which lost 54.67% to settle at 4.95 and Check Cap Ltd (NASDAQ:CHEK) which was down 42.24% to 1.75 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2342 to 689 and 75 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2686 rose and 935 declined, while 145 ended unchanged.

Shares in Qutoutiao Inc (NASDAQ:QTT) fell to all time lows; falling 57.68% or 0.40 to 0.30. Shares in Check Cap Ltd (NASDAQ:CHEK) fell to all time lows; down 42.24% or 1.28 to 1.75.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 11.47% to 21.38.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 1.98% or 39.20 to $1,943.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.52% or 1.71 to hit $69.53 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $75.12 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.02% to 1.08, while USD/JPY fell 0.02% to 132.47.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 102.85.