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 gained 0.30%, while the index gained 0.97%, and the index added 1.44%.
The best performers of the session on the were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which rose 4.20% or 0.94 points to trade at 23.32 at the close. Meanwhile, Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) added 2.46% or 7.00 points to end at 291.57 and Travelers Companies (NYSE:) was up 1.93% or 4.37 points to 230.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:), which fell 2.58% or 10.29 points to trade at 387.96 at the close. Dow Inc (NYSE:) declined 2.58% or 1.41 points to end at 53.21 and American Express Company (NYSE:) was down 1.71% or 4.68 points to 269.11.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Palantir Technologies Inc (NYSE:) which rose 6.56% to 41.44, Edwards Lifesciences Corp (NYSE:) which was up 6.20% to settle at 68.54 and Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 5.09% to close at 355.13.
The worst performers were Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:) which was down 7.66% to 159.99 in late trade, Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:) which lost 5.31% to settle at 136.34 and Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 5.01% to 45.35 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Agrify Corp (NASDAQ:) which rose 1,470.73% to 3.22, Vision Marine Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 675.35% to settle at 3.90 and Laser Photonics Corp Unit (NASDAQ:) which gained 83.33% to close at 7.92.
The worst performers were Vincerx Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 41.62% to 0.41 in late trade, Cemtrex Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 34.26% to settle at 0.90 and Phoenix Motor Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 33.24% to 0.70 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1452 to 1364 and 82 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1809 fell and 1463 advanced, while 134 ended unchanged.
Shares in Palantir Technologies Inc (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; gaining 6.56% or 2.55 to 41.44. Shares in Vincerx Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 41.62% or 0.29 to 0.41. Shares in Vision Marine Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to all time lows; rising 675.35% or 3.40 to 3.90. Shares in Cemtrex Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 34.26% or 0.47 to 0.90.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.39% to 21.42.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.99% or 26.30 to $2,639.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 4.42% or 3.41 to hit $73.73 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 4.37% or 3.54 to trade at $77.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.10, while USD/JPY fell 0.01% to 148.16.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 102.23.
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