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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.78%, while the S&P 500 index added 2.05%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 2.47%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc (NYSE: NKE ), which rose 4.68% or 2.81 points to trade at 62.83 at the close. Meanwhile, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA ) added 3.21% or 4.21 points to end at 135.50 and American Express Company (NYSE: AXP ) was up 2.99% or 8.52 points to 293.74 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE: BA ), which fell 0.67% or 1.37 points to trade at 201.00 at the close. Unitedhealth Group (NYSE: UNH ) declined 0.19% or 0.57 points to end at 295.00 and Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO ) was up 0.01% or 0.01 points to 71.78.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Hologic Inc (NASDAQ: HOLX ) which rose 14.54% to 62.17, Deckers Outdoor Corporation (NYSE: DECK ) which was up 7.83% to settle at 108.96 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA ) which gained 6.90% to close at 362.75.

The worst performers were Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE: FICO ) which was down 11.26% to 1,503.62 in late trade, VeriSign Inc (NASDAQ: VRSN ) which lost 3.68% to settle at 269.48 and AutoZone Inc (NYSE: AZO ) which was down 3.42% to 3,695.66 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc (NASDAQ: WHLR ) which rose 604.73% to 5.13, Sharplink Gaming Ltd (NASDAQ: SBET ) which was up 430.36% to settle at 35.64 and Imunon Inc (NASDAQ: IMNN ) which gained 92.25% to close at 2.23.

The worst performers were Rocket Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: RCKT ) which was down 62.84% to 2.33 in late trade, Jeffs Brands Ltd Unit (NASDAQ: JFBR ) which lost 46.71% to settle at 0.41 and Patriot National Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ: PNBK ) which was down 36.48% to 3.43 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2322 to 467 and 51 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2303 rose and 1034 declined, while 101 ended unchanged.

Shares in Rocket Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ: RCKT ) fell to all time lows; losing 62.84% or 3.94 to 2.33. Shares in Sharplink Gaming Ltd (NASDAQ: SBET ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 430.36% or 28.92 to 35.64. Shares in Jeffs Brands Ltd Unit (NASDAQ: JFBR ) fell to all time lows; falling 46.71% or 0.35 to 0.41.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.78% to 18.97.

Gold Futures for August delivery was down 1.87% or 63.33 to $3,331.17 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.62% or 0.38 to hit $61.15 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.47% or 0.30 to trade at $63.82 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.13, while USD/JPY rose 1.04% to 144.32.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 99.48.