U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 4.89%

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 gained 4.89%, while the index gained 4.94%, and the index climbed 4.95%.

The best performers of the session on the were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:), which rose 7.77% or 7.26 points to trade at 100.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Home Depot Inc (NYSE:) added 7.24% or 15.24 points to end at 225.70 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) was up 7.20% or 19.17 points to 285.34 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:), which rose 1.24% or 0.69 points to trade at 56.52 at the close. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:) added 1.49% or 0.72 points to end at 49.16 and Boeing Co (NYSE:) was up 1.69% or 3.84 points to 231.01.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE:) which rose 21.21% to 4.40, Pioneer Natural Resources Co (NYSE:) which was up 20.43% to settle at 79.86 and Hess Corporation (NYSE:) which gained 20.32% to close at 39.68.

The worst performers were Linde PLC (DE:) which was down 3.76% to 148.300 in late trade, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated (NYSE:) which lost 3.19% to settle at 106.34 and Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (NYSE:) which was down 3.06% to 170.71 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Aytu BioScience Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 489.08% to 2.0500, Moxian Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 146.00% to settle at 1.230 and Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:) which gained 48.89% to close at 22.75.

The worst performers were Spherix Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 43.17% to 1.830 in late trade, Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 42.01% to settle at 5.70 and Vaxart Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 31.16% to 1.9000 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2151 to 726 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1826 rose and 864 declined, while 45 ended unchanged.

Shares in Linde PLC (DE:) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.76% or 5.800 to 148.300.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 13.15% to 47.30.

Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.12% or 2.00 to $1651.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.23% or 0.43 to hit $34.44 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.29% or 0.11 to trade at $37.83 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1297, while USD/JPY fell 0.45% to 105.16.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.73% at 96.510.

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