Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.25%, while the S&P 500 index gained 1.18%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 2.50% or 0.75 points to trade at 30.78 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) added 1.91% or 7.94 points to end at 424.01 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was up 1.40% or 6.38 points to 461.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO), which lost 2.95% or 1.40 points to trade at 46.02 in late trade. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) declined 1.77% or 1.83 points to end at 101.50 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) shed 1.24% or 1.83 points to 145.97.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) which rose 10.68% to 19.48, Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) which was up 6.54% to settle at 154.84 and Broadcom Inc (NASDAQ:AVGO) which gained 6.18% to close at 1,413.09.
The worst performers were Brown Forman (NYSE:BFb) which was down 5.90% to 43.04 in late trade, Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR) which lost 4.92% to settle at 114.38 and CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:CF) which was down 4.56% to 76.84 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Actelis Networks Inc (NASDAQ:ASNS) which rose 691.49% to 3.72, Jowell Global Ltd. (NASDAQ:JWEL) which was up 111.32% to settle at 2.24 and ENDRA Life Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:NDRA) which gained 63.06% to close at 0.14.
The worst performers were Silo Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:SILO) which was down 46.67% to 1.20 in late trade, SHENGFENG DEVELOPMENT Ltd (NASDAQ:SFWL) which lost 43.88% to settle at 1.10 and MicroAlgo Inc (NASDAQ:MLGO) which was down 41.97% to 6.97 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1893 to 941 and 93 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2129 rose and 1241 declined, while 122 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.03% to 12.63.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 1.11% or 26.10 to $2,373.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.27% or 0.93 to hit $74.18 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 1.25% or 0.97 to trade at $78.49 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.08% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.82% to 156.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 104.26.