U.S. shares higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.50%

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U.S. shares higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.50%
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Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services , Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.50%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.43%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.74%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE ), which rose 2.42% or 2.41 points to trade at 101.92 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL ) added 2.13% or 7.66 points to end at 366.53 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE: UNH ) was up 1.68% or 4.93 points to 297.60 in late trade.

Biggest losers included International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM ), which lost 1.37% or 1.66 points to trade at 119.41 in late trade. Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ ) declined 1.29% or 0.72 points to end at 54.94 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE ) shed 1.03% or 0.34 points to 32.77.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Mohawk Industries Inc (NYSE: MHK ) which rose 12.64% to 103.88, TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ: TRIP ) which was up 10.62% to settle at 20.11 and Sysco Corporation (NYSE: SYY ) which gained 5.96% to close at 58.28.

The worst performers were American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL ) which was down 6.17% to 14.00 in late trade, Cboe Global Markets Inc (NYSE: CBOE ) which lost 4.29% to settle at 95.76 and Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ: FTNT ) which was down 4.06% to 137.07 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Translate Bio Inc (NASDAQ: TBIO ) which rose 46.98% to 23.87, Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: INO ) which was up 40.98% to settle at 21.57 and Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: SHIP ) which gained 40.07% to close at 0.2800.

The worst performers were Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: SNSS ) which was down 43.01% to 0.3542 in late trade, MER Telemanagement Solutions Ltd (NASDAQ: MTSL ) which lost 34.48% to settle at 1.330 and SINTX Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: SINT ) which was down 29.35% to 1.420 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1626 to 1213 and 90 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1394 rose and 1305 declined, while 69 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.26% to 31.37.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.00% or 17.65 to $1784.05 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.79% or 0.73 to hit $40.00 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.05% or 0.02 to trade at $42.34 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1311, while USD/JPY fell 0.01% to 106.50.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 96.645.

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