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

The index rose 1.45% by the closing of NYSE. Meanwhile, it climbed 1.61%. And the index climbed 2.15%.

They were the top performers at the session Nike Inc (NYSE 🙂 rose 4.12%, or 5.42 points, to trade at 137.05 by the close. Meanwhile, Boeing Co (NYSE) Increased 3.41% or 6.13 Points to End at 185.98. Walt Disney In late trade, Company (NYSE 🙂 rose 3.23% to 131.90 or 4.13 point.

The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE 🙂 fell 4.89%, or 9.06 points, to trade at 176.16 by the end of the session. Chevron Corp (NYSE:) declined 1.18% or 2.06 points to end at 171.83 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:) was down 0.33% or 0.28 points to 85.79.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Signature Bank (NASDAQ: ) which increased 8.10% at 288.20 ABIOMED Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 7.27% to settle on 323.42; Generac Holdings Inc, (NYSE:), which gained 7.9% to close at 269.20.

Dentsply Sirona Inc, (NASDAQ:), which fell 13.38% to 42.20 late trade in the US was among the worst-performing stocks. The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE;) lost 4.89% and settled at 176.16. Twitter Inc (NYSE:), which fell 4.73%, to 46.16 at close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Checkmate Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 329.46% to 10.35, Sono Group NV (NASDAQ:) which was up 65.22% to settle at 7.60 and Toughbuilt Industries Inc (NASDAQ:), which saw a 37.01% increase to 0.20.

The worst performers were Lyra Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 20.92% to 5.48 in late trade, Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 18.71% to settle at 4.04 and Arqit Quantum Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 16.33% to 10.45 at the close.

On the New York Stock Exchange, rising stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2235, 962, and 105 ending unchanged.

Dentsply Sirona Inc shares (NASDAQ:), fell to 52 week lows, losing 13.38% (6.52 to 42.20). Shares in Checkmate Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; up 329.46% or 7.94 to 10.35.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.61% to 21.37.

For June delivery, Gold Futures fell 1.76% (or 34.90) to $1.951.50 an troy ounce. In commodities trading, crude oil fell 5.3%, or 5.41, to $102.20 per barrel. The June Brent oil contract dropped 5.17%, or 5.85, to $107.31 per barrel.

EUR/USD was stable at 0.10%, 1.08 and USD/JPY at 1.51%.

US Dollar Index Futures were up 0.2% at 100.97