U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.51%

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AiVIF.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.51%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.92%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.41%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 3.21% or 6.71 points to trade at 216.02 at the close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) added 2.29% or 2.86 points to end at 127.97 and Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) was up 2.27% or 5.21 points to 234.84 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which fell 1.60% or 2.16 points to trade at 132.87 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) declined 1.16% or 1.86 points to end at 158.66 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was down 1.06% or 1.84 points to 171.25.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:ILMN) which rose 16.98% to 423.80, APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA) which was up 8.77% to settle at 32.00 and Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) which gained 7.16% to close at 34.70.

The worst performers were Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) which was down 5.27% to 221.39 in late trade, Aptiv PLC (NYSE:APTV) which lost 3.26% to settle at 159.69 and Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) which was down 3.24% to 228.65 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Nutriband Inc (NASDAQ:NTRB) which rose 34.93% to 8.15, Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:VORB) which was up 31.30% to settle at 10.57 and TSR Inc (NASDAQ:TSRI) which gained 28.75% to close at 11.150.

The worst performers were Huadi International Group Co Ltd (NASDAQ:HUDI) which was down 24.09% to 20.800 in late trade, China HGS Real Estate Inc (NASDAQ:HGSH) which lost 20.36% to settle at 2.190 and Bone Biologics Corp (NASDAQ:BBLG) which was down 20.04% to 4.31 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2378 to 862 and 129 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2575 rose and 1193 declined, while 223 ended unchanged.

Shares in APA Corporation (NASDAQ:APA) rose to 52-week highs; up 8.77% or 2.58 to 32.00. Shares in Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) rose to 3-years highs; rising 2.29% or 2.86 to 127.97. Shares in Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:VORB) rose to all time highs; gaining 31.30% or 2.52 to 10.57.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.10% to 18.41.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.26% or 22.65 to $1821.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.94% or 3.08 to hit $81.31 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $83.62 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1368, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 115.29.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 95.597.