U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.56% By Investing.com

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

At the close in NYSE, the added 0.56%, while the index climbed 0.70%, and the index climbed 1.01%.

The best performers of the session on the were Dow Inc (NYSE:), which rose 2.15% or 1.19 points to trade at 56.47 at the close. Meanwhile, Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:) added 1.58% or 3.89 points to end at 250.51 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:) was up 1.43% or 0.59 points to 41.96 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE:), which fell 0.90% or 1.88 points to trade at 206.69 at the close. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:) declined 0.83% or 4.07 points to end at 485.99 and Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:) was down 0.77% or 0.48 points to 62.13.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Warner Bros Discovery Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 8.18% to 12.56, Nucor Corp (NYSE:) which was up 7.15% to settle at 151.16 and United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 5.54% to close at 45.75.

The worst performers were DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 6.26% to 14.83 in late trade, Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 6.20% to settle at 194.45 and The Mosaic Company (NYSE:) which was down 5.02% to 44.83 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Biora Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 155.92% to 5.40, Sotera Health Co (NASDAQ:) which was up 99.65% to settle at 17.25 and DatChat Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 59.22% to close at 0.57.

The worst performers were Bioatla Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 46.24% to 4.15 in late trade, BIOLASE Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 44.95% to settle at 0.38 and Idera Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 29.34% to 0.46 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2203 to 853 and 90 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2645 rose and 1052 declined, while 144 ended unchanged.

Shares in Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.58% or 3.89 to 250.51. Shares in BIOLASE Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 44.95% or 0.31 to 0.38.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.33% to 20.58.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.19% or 3.60 to $1,881.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.29% or 0.22 to hit $74.85 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.13 to trade at $79.78 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.07, while USD/JPY rose 0.27% to 132.24.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 103.01.