Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.76%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.80%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 1.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which rose 1.94% or 2.90 points to trade at 152.38 at the close. Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) added 1.35% or 1.53 points to end at 114.77 and Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) was up 1.11% or 3.30 points to 300.69 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which lost 4.05% or 1.08 points to trade at 25.57 in late trade. Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) declined 3.10% or 7.80 points to end at 243.96 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) shed 2.84% or 8.31 points to 284.40.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) which rose 4.29% to 617.63, Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) which was up 3.62% to settle at 157.87 and EOG Resources Inc (NYSE:EOG) which gained 2.78% to close at 124.98.
The worst performers were Insulet Corporation (NASDAQ:PODD) which was down 6.91% to 194.66 in late trade, Waters Corporation (NYSE:WAT) which lost 6.89% to settle at 305.97 and Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which was down 6.56% to 122.63 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Neximmune Inc (NASDAQ:NEXI) which rose 153.06% to 6.20, MMTEC Inc (NASDAQ:MTC) which was up 86.60% to settle at 1.81 and Sidus Space Inc (NASDAQ:SIDU) which gained 67.00% to close at 11.64.
The worst performers were E-Home Household Service Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:EJH) which was down 61.26% to 1.48 in late trade, Infobird Co Ltd (NASDAQ:IFBD) which lost 43.48% to settle at 0.78 and Riskon International Inc (NASDAQ:ROI) which was down 35.93% to 0.29 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2080 to 800 and 56 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2527 fell and 928 advanced, while 64 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 6.36% to 14.04 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.16% or 24.05 to $2,049.35 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.40% or 2.39 to hit $72.77 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.07% or 2.33 to trade at $78.22 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.23% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.89% to 143.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 102.16.