U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.59%

U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher while losses in the Healthcare, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.59% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.06%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 1.33%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 5.35% or 11.08 points to trade at 218.08 at the close. Meanwhile, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) added 3.79% or 6.13 points to end at 167.83 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was up 3.21% or 5.40 points to 173.61 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which fell 2.83% or 7.23 points to trade at 248.23 at the close. Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) declined 2.45% or 1.54 points to end at 61.25 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) was down 2.27% or 11.38 points to 490.90.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) which rose 11.67% to 24.31, General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) which was up 7.47% to settle at 65.74 and Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:OXY) which gained 7.47% to close at 33.38.

The worst performers were Generac Holdlings Inc (NYSE:GNRC) which was down 4.55% to 332.07 in late trade, PerkinElmer Inc (NYSE:PKI) which lost 4.55% to settle at 183.45 and Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc (NYSE:BIO) which was down 4.53% to 702.09 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were ATA Inc (NASDAQ:AACG) which rose 114.29% to 2.550, Hoth Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:HOTH) which was up 85.71% to settle at 1.3000 and NLS Pharmaceutics AG (NASDAQ:NLSP) which gained 26.05% to close at 1.500.

The worst performers were Gritstone Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:GRTS) which was down 42.41% to 7.020 in late trade, AVROBIO Inc (NASDAQ:AVRO) which lost 36.63% to settle at 2.560 and Valneva SE ADR (NASDAQ:VALN) which was down 22.59% to 39.47 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1782 to 1506 and 89 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2263 fell and 1530 advanced, while 160 ended unchanged.

Shares in Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) rose to 5-year highs; rising 11.67% or 2.54 to 24.31. Shares in General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) rose to all time highs; up 7.47% or 4.57 to 65.74. Shares in AVROBIO Inc (NASDAQ:AVRO) fell to all time lows; falling 36.63% or 1.480 to 2.560.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.80% to 16.91.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.82% or 14.80 to $1814.90 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.46% or 1.11 to hit $77.19 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $80.19 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1286, while USD/JPY fell 0.02% to 116.11.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 96.280.

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