Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.22%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.22%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which rose 1.30% or 1.74 points to trade at 135.10 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) added 1.21% or 2.37 points to end at 197.63 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) was up 1.10% or 0.96 points to 88.39 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which lost 3.07% or 3.74 points to trade at 118.28 in late trade. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) declined 3.03% or 4.30 points to end at 137.73 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) shed 2.88% or 1.66 points to 55.98.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Anadarko Petroleum Corp (NYSE:APC) which rose 11.58% to 71.40, TE Connectivity Ltd (NYSE:TEL) which was up 6.70% to settle at 95.83 and Pacific Gas & Electric Co (NYSE:PCG) which gained 6.50% to close at 22.93.
The worst performers were Robert Half International Inc (NYSE:RHI) which was down 8.42% to 63.00 in late trade, National Oilwell Varco Inc (NYSE:NOV) which lost 5.05% to settle at 26.49 and Avery Dennison Corp (NYSE:AVY) which was down 4.48% to 110.80 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Global Eagle Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ:ENT) which rose 47.57% to 0.769, Entegra Financial Corp (NASDAQ:ENFC) which was up 24.74% to settle at 29.50 and SSLJ.com Ltd (NASDAQ:SSLJ) which gained 23.46% to close at 4.0000.
The worst performers were Kona Grill Inc (NASDAQ:KONA) which was down 38.12% to 0.14 in late trade, Fusion Telecommunications International Inc (NASDAQ:FSNN) which lost 34.25% to settle at 0.132 and iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ:IRBT) which was down 23.09% to 100.42 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1493 to 1469 and 132 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1383 fell and 1248 advanced, while 101 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 7.00% to 13.14.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.37% or 4.70 to $1277.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.78% or 0.52 to hit $65.78 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $74.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1160, while USD/JPY fell 0.05% to 112.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 97.792.