Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Health Care, Financials and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in New York, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.16% to hit a new 1-month high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.16%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), which rose 1.28% or 1.00 points to trade at 79.08 at the close. Meanwhile, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 1.09% or 0.38 points to end at 34.73 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was up 0.82% or 0.82 points to 100.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD), which fell 1.36% or 1.30 points to trade at 94.35 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) declined 0.48% or 0.41 points to end at 85.49 and Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) was down 0.43% or 0.18 points to 41.81.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Waste Management Inc (NYSE:WM) which rose 5.17% to 53.94, Noble Corporation PLC (NYSE:NE) which was up 5.07% to settle at 19.48 and Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc (NYSE:DO) which gained 4.94% to close at 36.95.
The worst performers were Cablevision Systems Corporation (NYSE:CVC) which was down 4.13% to 19.75 in late trade, ConAgra Foods Inc (NYSE:CAG) which lost 3.07% to settle at 33.76 and Newmont Mining Corporation (NYSE:NEM) which was down 2.38% to 24.19 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Oncolytics Biotech Inc (NASDAQ:ONCY) which rose 40.32% to 0.720, Capnia Inc (NASDAQ:CAPN) which was up 37.29% to settle at 2.43 and Rosetta Genomics Ltd (NASDAQ:ROSG) which gained 31.51% to close at 4.800.
The worst performers were Celsus Theraptcs (NASDAQ:CLTX) which was down 81.36% to 1.15 in late trade, Vascular Biogenc (NASDAQ:VBLT) which lost 65.49% to settle at 4.87 and Joes Jeans Inc (NASDAQ:JOEZ) which was down 46.94% to 0.200 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1433 to 1362; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1569 rose and 1219 declined, while 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Waste Management Inc (NYSE:WM) rose to all time highs; up 5.17% or 2.65 to 53.94. Shares in Celsus Theraptcs (NASDAQ:CLTX) fell to all time lows; down 81.36% or 5.02 to 1.15. Shares in Vascular Biogenc (NASDAQ:VBLT) fell to all time lows; down 65.49% or 9.24 to 4.87. Shares in Joes Jeans Inc (NASDAQ:JOEZ) fell to all time lows; losing 46.94% or 0.177 to 0.200.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 7.56% to 15.80.
Gold for April delivery was down 1.55% or 19.00 to $1208.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude Oil for delivery in April rose 0.55% or 0.29 to hit $53.97 a barrel, while the April Brent Oil contract rose 1.29% or 0.79 to trade at $62.19 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.1414, while USD/JPY rose 0.68% to 119.29.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 94.14.