biedexmarkets.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 0.69%, while the index gained 1.20%, and the index gained 1.59%.
The best performers of the session on the were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:), which rose 2.85% or 1.10 points to trade at 39.70 at the close. Meanwhile, American Express Company (NYSE:) added 2.54% or 5.91 points to end at 238.91 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:) was up 1.62% or 5.78 points to 363.39 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walmart Inc (NYSE:), which fell 1.75% or 1.05 points to trade at 59.09 at the close. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:) declined 0.99% or 4.86 points to end at 486.37 and Boeing Co (NYSE:) was down 0.82% or 1.40 points to 169.08.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Globe Life Inc (NYSE:) which rose 14.23% to 75.84, General Electric Company (NYSE:) which was up 8.30% to settle at 162.66 and Danaher Corporation (NYSE:) which gained 7.21% to close at 253.11.
The worst performers were LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 14.88% to 41.65 in late trade, MSCI Inc (NYSE:) which lost 13.41% to settle at 446.09 and Nucor Corp (NYSE:) which was down 8.92% to 174.54 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Zapp Electric Vehicles Group Ltd (NASDAQ:) which rose 1,931.80% to 4.51, NewGenIvf Group Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was up 74.22% to settle at 2.23 and MMTEC Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 42.68% to close at 2.24.
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The worst performers were Abeona Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 53.67% to 3.41 in late trade, Greenwave Technology Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 44.66% to settle at 0.07 and Lichen China Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 42.86% to 0.56 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2302 to 561 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2410 rose and 954 declined, while 119 ended unchanged.
Shares in LKQ Corporation (NASDAQ:) fell to 3-years lows; down 14.88% or 7.28 to 41.65. Shares in MSCI Inc (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; losing 13.41% or 69.08 to 446.09. Shares in American Express Company (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; rising 2.54% or 5.91 to 238.91. Shares in Greenwave Technology Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 44.66% or 0.06 to 0.07. Shares in Lichen China Ltd (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 42.86% or 0.42 to 0.56.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.38% to 15.69.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.44% or 10.30 to $2,336.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.81% or 1.48 to hit $83.38 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 1.64% or 1.43 to trade at $88.43 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.44% to 1.07, while USD/JPY fell 0.01% to 154.82.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 105.54.
