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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.01%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.52%,

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce.com Inc , which rose 2.04% or 5.04 points to trade at 251.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Dow Inc added 1.96% or 0.98 points to end at 51.07 and Home Depot Inc  was up 1.76% or 4.93 points to 285.58 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Caterpillar Inc which fell 3.20% or 4.91 points to trade at 148.60 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co declined 3.11% or 3.19 points to end at 99.28 and The Travelers Companies Inc  was down 2.02% or 2.31 points to 112.15.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1666 to 1395 and 91 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1454 rose and 1367 declined, while 97 ended unchanged.

 

Source : investing