U.S. shares higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.52%

Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services , Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.52%, while the S&P 500 index added 1.05%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.71%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE ), which rose 3.09% or 3.50 points to trade at 116.87 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT ) added 2.41% or 4.88 points to end at 207.42 and Amgen Inc (NASDAQ: AMGN ) was up 1.77% or 4.31 points to 247.50 in late trade.

Biggest losers included UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE: UNH ), which lost 1.65% or 4.93 points to trade at 294.26 in late trade. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE: GS ) declined 1.23% or 2.38 points to end at 191.62 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM ) shed 1.09% or 1.04 points to 94.27.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR ) which rose 7.09% to 42.73, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN ) which was up 5.69% to settle at 3128.99 and Ralph Lauren Corp Class A (NYSE: RL ) which gained 5.44% to close at 75.04.

The worst performers were Citizens Financial Group Inc (NYSE: CFG ) which was down 5.11% to 24.51 in late trade, Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ: ZION ) which lost 3.99% to settle at 28.62 and Anthem Inc (NYSE: ANTM ) which was down 3.99% to 247.44 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were NanoVibronix Inc (NASDAQ: NAOV ) which rose 103.46% to 1.200, Boxlight Corp Class A (NASDAQ: BOXL ) which was up 21.28% to settle at 1.710 and Davidstea Inc (NASDAQ: DTEA ) which gained 19.24% to close at 1.030.

The worst performers were Vaccinex Inc (NASDAQ: VCNX ) which was down 57.59% to 2.32 in late trade, Biosig Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: BSGM ) which lost 33.66% to settle at 5.40 and Adicet Bio Inc (NASDAQ: ACET ) which was down 24.52% to 10.175 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1714 to 1361 and 90 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1459 fell and 1381 advanced, while 92 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.31% to 26.86.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.33% or 6.30 to $1904.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.56% or 0.22 to hit $39.76 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.02 to trade at $41.73 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1708, while USD/JPY rose 0.02% to 104.93.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 93.993.