U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.91%

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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.91%, while the S&P 500 index gained 1.10%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.35%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), which rose 2.58% or 2.33 points to trade at 92.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 2.10% or 12.01 points to end at 582.79 and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) was up 1.77% or 3.99 points to 229.05 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which fell 0.34% or 0.14 points to trade at 39.80 at the close. Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH) declined 0.05% or 0.24 points to end at 506.10 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 0.04% or 0.03 points to 76.79.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which rose 7.36% to 462.28, Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) which was up 5.96% to settle at 34.33 and Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) which gained 3.15% to close at 239.68.

The worst performers were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) which was down 1.18% to 9.19 in late trade, Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE) which lost 1.16% to settle at 68.40 and Amentum Holdings LLC (NYSE:AMTM) which was down 0.80% to 19.81 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Baosheng Media Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:BAOS) which rose 310.40% to 7.10, Hour Loop Inc (NASDAQ:HOUR) which was up 203.45% to settle at 4.40 and Graphjet Technology (NASDAQ:GTI) which gained 168.72% to close at 0.61.

The worst performers were Sol Gel Technologies Ltd (NASDAQ:SLGL) which was down 40.62% to 0.98 in late trade, Direct Digital Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:DRCT) which lost 32.55% to settle at 3.71 and Check Cap Ltd (NASDAQ:CHEK) which was down 31.11% to 1.55 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2121 to 650 and 93 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2196 rose and 1066 declined, while 119 ended unchanged.

Shares in Baosheng Media Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:BAOS) rose to 52-week highs; rising 310.40% or 5.37 to 7.10. Shares in Hour Loop Inc (NASDAQ:HOUR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 203.45% or 2.95 to 4.40.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 14.96% to 14.27.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.20% or 5.30 to $2,633.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.33% or 0.92 to hit $70.16 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 1.24% or 0.90 to trade at $73.22 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.04, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 157.19.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.