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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.75%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.58%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.55%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ: HON ), which rose 5.44% or 10.91 points to trade at 211.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Sherwin-Williams Co (NYSE: SHW ) added 4.80% or 15.93 points to end at 348.13 and Amgen Inc (NASDAQ: AMGN ) was up 1.93% or 5.47 points to 288.56 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE: UNH ), which fell 2.56% or 10.77 points to trade at 409.23 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD ) declined 0.73% or 2.31 points to end at 314.50 and Chevron Corp (NYSE: CVX ) was down 0.61% or 0.86 points to 139.25.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were SBA Communications Corp (NASDAQ: SBAC ) which rose 6.79% to 238.43, Cadence Design Systems Inc (NASDAQ: CDNS ) which was up 5.72% to settle at 302.09 and Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ: HON ) which gained 5.44% to close at 211.57.

The worst performers were NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ: NXPI ) which was down 6.94% to 182.62 in late trade, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: REGN ) which lost 6.87% to settle at 568.91 and Brown & Brown Inc (NYSE: BRO ) which was down 6.00% to 107.99 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Damon Inc (NASDAQ: DMN ) which unchanged 97.37% to 0.01, WW International Inc (NASDAQ: WW ) which was up 76.54% to settle at 0.73 and Urgent.ly Inc (NASDAQ: ULY ) which gained 52.13% to close at 11.41.

The worst performers were Petros Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: PTPI ) which was down 77.55% to 0.01 in late trade, Incannex Healthcare Ltd ADR (NASDAQ: IXHL ) which lost 75.10% to settle at 0.15 and iOThree Ltd (NASDAQ: IOTR ) which was down 58.24% to 0.38 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1785 to 976 and 89 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1870 rose and 1402 declined, while 160 ended unchanged.

Shares in Unitedhealth Group (NYSE: UNH ) fell to 3-years lows; losing 2.56% or 10.77 to 409.23. Shares in Damon Inc (NASDAQ: DMN ) unchanged to all time lows; unchanged 97.37% or 0.00 to 0.01. Shares in Petros Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: PTPI ) fell to all time lows; down 77.55% or 0.05 to 0.01. Shares in Incannex Healthcare Ltd ADR (NASDAQ: IXHL ) fell to all time lows; down 75.10% or 0.46 to 0.15. Shares in iOThree Ltd (NASDAQ: IOTR ) fell to all time lows; down 58.24% or 0.53 to 0.38.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.86% to 24.18.

Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.52% or 17.36 to $3,330.34 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.98% or 1.85 to hit $60.20 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 2.64% or 1.71 to trade at $63.08 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.14, while USD/JPY rose 0.21% to 142.32.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 98.97.