U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.06%

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 rose 1.06%, while the index added 1.68%, and the index added 2.14%.

The best performers of the session on the were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:), which rose 4.13% or 7.25 points to trade at 182.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) added 3.93% or 1.06 points to end at 28.01 and American Express Company (NYSE:) was up 3.90% or 6.15 points to 163.78 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 1.12% or 2.60 points to trade at 230.58 at the close. Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:) declined 0.83% or 0.28 points to end at 33.29 and International Business Machines (NYSE:) was down 0.76% or 0.95 points to 124.63.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were First Republic Bank (NYSE:) which rose 27.84% to 39.90, Charles Schwab Corp (NYSE:) which was up 9.21% to settle at 56.69 and Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 7.25% to close at 194.02.

The worst performers were United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 5.37% to 46.21 in late trade, Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:) which lost 5.23% to settle at 16.21 and Boston Properties Inc (NYSE:) which was down 4.35% to 53.41 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Ainos Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 72.00% to 1.29, Sigilon Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 64.84% to settle at 1.16 and MMTEC Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 38.93% to close at 2.07.

The worst performers were Toro Corp (NASDAQ:) which was down 39.37% to 2.41 in late trade, Oportun Financial Corp (NASDAQ:) which lost 34.61% to settle at 2.74 and RAPT Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 25.97% to 19.70 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2285 to 767 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2367 rose and 1248 declined, while 154 ended unchanged.

Shares in Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 5.23% or 0.89 to 16.21. Shares in Boston Properties Inc (NYSE:) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.35% or 2.43 to 53.41. Shares in Toro Corp (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 39.37% or 1.57 to 2.41. Shares in Oportun Financial Corp (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 34.61% or 1.45 to 2.74.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 10.52% to 23.73.

Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.43% or 8.20 to $1,908.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 4.44% or 3.32 to hit $71.48 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $77.53 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.07, while USD/JPY fell 0.01% to 134.21.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 103.25.