Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.25%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.30%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), which rose 1.51% or 1.52 points to trade at 102.45 at the close. Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) added 1.37% or 1.80 points to end at 132.96 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was up 1.36% or 0.49 points to 36.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE), which lost 1.03% or 0.60 points to trade at 57.42 in late trade. United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) declined 0.83% or 0.89 points to end at 106.04 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) shed 0.76% or 1.03 points to 134.12.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE:SE) which rose 13.42% to 41.00, EOG Resources Inc (NYSE:EOG) which was up 6.68% to settle at 94.85 and The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES) which gained 5.07% to close at 12.85.
The worst performers were Cummins Inc (NYSE:CMI) which was down 7.32% to 116.92 in late trade, Centene Corporation (NYSE:CNC) which lost 4.84% to settle at 65.30 and Nordstrom Inc (NYSE:JWN) which was down 3.59% to 50.01 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Colucid Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:CLCD) which rose 123.55% to 23.83, CEPHEID (NASDAQ:CPHD) which was up 52.61% to settle at 52.53 and Nova Lifestyle I (NASDAQ:NVFY) which gained 37.60% to close at 1.720.
The worst performers were Tonix Pharm (NASDAQ:TNXP) which was down 57.69% to 0.922 in late trade, Karyopharm Thera (NASDAQ:KPTI) which lost 15.54% to settle at 8.97 and Xtl Biophar (NASDAQ:XTLB) which was down 13.33% to 0.910 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1882 to 1297 and 84 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1357 rose and 1190 declined, while 94 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.42% to 11.93.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 2.08% or 27.55 to $1354.25 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.90% or 0.40 to hit $44.84 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.80% or 0.38 to trade at $47.25 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.93% to 1.1252, while USD/JPY fell 1.35% to 102.03.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.95% at 94.83.