U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.12% 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 1.12%, while the index climbed 1.14%, and the index gained 0.90%.

The best performers of the session on the were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:), which rose 4.31% or 6.35 points to trade at 153.53 at the close. Meanwhile, American Express Company (NYSE:) added 3.14% or 4.45 points to end at 145.99 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:) was up 2.57% or 2.98 points to 118.84 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which fell 2.08% or 0.55 points to trade at 25.87 at the close. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) declined 0.35% or 0.58 points to end at 166.01 and Nike Inc (NYSE:) was down 0.32% or 0.29 points to 89.68.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Carnival Corporation (NYSE:) which rose 11.28% to 8.09, Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE:) which was up 8.69% to settle at 431.84 and Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd (NYSE:) which gained 8.57% to close at 14.31.

The worst performers were Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 3.71% to 134.09 in late trade, Hasbro Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 2.88% to settle at 65.76 and DexCom Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 2.81% to 96.93 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were COMSovereign Holding Corp (NASDAQ:) which rose 170.14% to 0.12, Akouos Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 88.16% to settle at 13.19 and Helbiz Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 58.07% to close at 0.42.

The worst performers were Agrify Corp (NASDAQ:) which was down 58.60% to 4.43 in late trade, Cosmos Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 47.33% to settle at 0.08 and Salarius Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 45.18% to 2.74 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2299 to 820 and 105 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2446 rose and 1303 declined, while 247 ended unchanged.

Shares in Hasbro Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.88% or 1.95 to 65.76. Shares in Akouos Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 88.16% or 6.18 to 13.19. Shares in Cosmos Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 47.33% or 0.07 to 0.08. Shares in Salarius Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 45.18% or 2.26 to 2.74.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.77% to 30.50.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.43% or 7.20 to $1,656.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.33% or 1.97 to hit $82.56 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 1.44% or 1.32 to trade at $90.30 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.20% to 0.99, while USD/JPY rose 0.12% to 149.21.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 111.88.