Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

The NYSE closed with an increase of 1.09%, which was a new one-month high. Meanwhile, index grew 0.75% and index grew 0.50%.

They were the top performers at the session Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE 🙂 rose 3.80% or 14.87 point to trade at 406.07 at the closing. During this time, Visa Inc Class A (NYSE -) added 2.5% or 5.81 points, to reach 230.99 American Express Late trade saw Company (NYSE:), up 2.5% or 4.30 points, to 175.81

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, NASDAQ: was the worst performer of the session. It fell 3.64% (or 1.85 points) to close at 48.92. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:) declined 0.94% or 2.30 points to end at 242.25 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:) was down 0.72% or 0.40 points to 55.25.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were JB Hunt Transport Services Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 8.74% to 190.55, Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:) which was up 6.78% to settle at 48.38 and Halliburton Company (NYSE:) which gained 4.88% to close at 26.01.

They were among the most disappointing. WestRock Co (NYSE:), which fell 5.58% to 46.57 late trade. International Paper (NYSE;) lost 4.53% and settled at 53.28. Packaging Corp American (NYSE:), which fell 3.88% to 133.71 by the closing

These were the top performers in the NASDAQ Composite LM Funding America Inc (NASDAQ) rose 38.08%, to 4.750. Waitr Holdings Inc was up 37.86%, to settle at 1.4200. Jasper Therapeutics Inc was up 31.57%, to close at 16.420.

They were among the most disappointing. Duck Creek Technologies Inc (NASDAQ) was down 24.42% at 34.94 in late trading, Very Good Food Company Inc NASDAQ: lost 21.40% and settled at 1.80 Lucid Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ 🙂 was at its lowest point of 20.49%, closing at 9.35

On the New York Stock Exchange, falling stocks outnumbered advanced ones by 0:0.

JB Hunt Transport Services Inc. shares (NASDAQ) reached all time highs. They rose by 8.74%, 15.31 and 190.55 respectively. Halliburton Company’s shares rose 52 weeks to new highs. They gained 4.88%, or 1.21 to 26, respectively. Duck Creek Technologies Inc (NASDAQ) shares fell to their lowest level in over a decade, falling 24.42% (11.1 to 34.94). Jasper Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ) shares rose to record highs. They rose 31.57%, or 3.940 to 16.420. Lucid Diagnostics Inc. shares (NASDAQ) dropped to their lowest levels by 20.49%. This is between 2.41 and 9.35.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.32% to 16.30 a new 1-month low.

Dec delivery gold futures were down 1.65%, or 29.70, to $1768.20 an troy ounce. In commodities trading, Crude Oil for Delivery in December was unchanged at 0.00% to $81.73 per barrel. The December Brent oil contract increased 1.00% to $84.84 per barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.6% at 1.1601, USD/JPY rose 5.1% to 114.25

US Dollar Index Futures were down 0.00% at 92.996.