U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.17%

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 0.17% to hit a new 1-month high, while the index climbed 0.28%, and the index added 0.90%.

The best performers of the session on the were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which rose 2.16% or 0.82 points to trade at 38.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) added 2.13% or 4.42 points to end at 211.84 and Nike Inc (NYSE:) was up 1.97% or 2.11 points to 109.36 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Chevron Corp (NYSE:), which fell 1.76% or 2.59 points to trade at 144.41 at the close. Dow Inc (NYSE:) declined 1.64% or 0.81 points to end at 48.53 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:) was down 1.41% or 3.36 points to 234.92.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Gen Digital Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 8.48% to 18.93, Expedia Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 5.79% to settle at 118.05 and Match Group Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 5.41% to close at 29.99.

The worst performers were Air Products and Chemicals Inc (NYSE:) which was down 12.65% to 254.46 in late trade, Emerson Electric Company (NYSE:) which lost 7.41% to settle at 84.94 and Schlumberger NV (NYSE:) which was down 5.58% to 53.33 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Cardio Diagnostics Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 102.94% to 1.38, Senti Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 78.08% to settle at 0.52 and Jaguar Global Growth Corporation I (NASDAQ:) which gained 69.64% to close at 9.50.

The worst performers were Ventyx Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 80.62% to 2.73 in late trade, Worldwide Webb Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) which lost 63.90% to settle at 2.65 and Alto Ingredients Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 60.73% to 1.93 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1686 to 1219 and 68 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1819 fell and 1640 advanced, while 140 ended unchanged.

Shares in Air Products and Chemicals Inc (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 12.65% or 36.84 to 254.46. Shares in Ventyx Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 80.62% or 11.36 to 2.73. Shares in Worldwide Webb Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 63.90% or 4.69 to 2.65.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.54% to 14.81 a new 1-month low.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.66% or 13.20 to $1,975.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.15% or 3.35 to hit $77.47 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 3.99% or 3.40 to trade at $81.78 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.07, while USD/JPY rose 0.21% to 150.38.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 105.36.