U.S. shares higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.22%

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U.S. shares higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.22%
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Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Technology , Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 1.22%, while the S&P 500 index gained 1.58%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 2.53%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE: CRM ), which rose 3.80% or 7.85 points to trade at 214.25 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE: BA ) added 3.66% or 7.69 points to end at 217.73 and American Express Company (NYSE: AXP ) was up 2.93% or 5.63 points to 197.98 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Chevron Corp (NYSE: CVX ), which lost 0.73% or 0.99 points to trade at 134.26 in late trade. 3M Company (NYSE: MMM ) declined 0.42% or 0.67 points to end at 157.34 and International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM ) shed 0.16% or 0.21 points to 129.94.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Monolithic Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ: MPWR ) which rose 10.60% to 479.27, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA ) which was up 9.18% to settle at 264.95 and American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL ) which gained 8.09% to close at 18.84.

The worst performers were Fidelity National Information Services Inc (NYSE: FIS ) which was down 7.76% to 102.85 in late trade, IPG Photonics Corporation (NASDAQ: IPGP ) which lost 6.22% to settle at 137.55 and Constellation Brands Inc Class A (NYSE: STZ ) which was down 6.12% to 219.55 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Resonant Inc (NASDAQ: RESN ) which rose 256.91% to 4.390, Color Star Technology Co Ltd (NASDAQ: CSCW ) which was up 93.11% to settle at 0.8881 and Tower Semiconductor Ltd (NASDAQ: TSEM ) which gained 42.08% to close at 47.07.

The worst performers were Larimar Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: LRMR ) which was down 52.09% to 4.010 in late trade, Hudson Capital Inc (NASDAQ: HUSN ) which lost 31.82% to settle at 3.420 and Medpace Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: MEDP ) which was down 20.30% to 138.87 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2491 to 766 and 116 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 3222 rose and 657 declined, while 162 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 9.28% to 25.70.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.77% or 14.40 to $1855.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 3.53% or 3.37 to hit $92.09 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.19 to trade at $93.46 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1359, while USD/JPY fell 0.01% to 115.61.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 95.975.

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