Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.09%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.45%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 1.82% or 3.67 points to trade at 204.85 at the close. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) added 1.73% or 5.31 points to end at 312.31 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 1.04% or 1.78 points to 173.55 in late trade.
Biggest losers included American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), which lost 3.06% or 4.70 points to trade at 148.68 in late trade. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) declined 1.28% or 2.03 points to end at 157.09 and Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) shed 1.27% or 1.59 points to 123.51.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Akamai Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:AKAM) which rose 8.44% to 85.54, Signature Bank (OTC:SBNY) which was up 8.33% to settle at 0.13 and Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:ILMN) which gained 7.84% to close at 209.49.
The worst performers were Under Armour Inc A (NYSE:UAA) which was down 5.51% to 7.71 in late trade, Newell Brands Inc (NASDAQ:NWL) which lost 4.80% to settle at 9.51 and Under Armour Inc C (NYSE:UA) which was down 4.87% to 7.03 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were CTi Biopharma Corp (NASDAQ:CTIC) which rose 85.27% to 8.93, iMedia Brands Inc (NASDAQ:IMBI) which was up 82.50% to settle at 0.34 and Harbor Custom Development Inc (NASDAQ:HCDI) which gained 79.33% to close at 8.59.
The worst performers were SeaStar Medical Holding Corp (NASDAQ:ICU) which was down 39.69% to 1.17 in late trade, Mobiquity Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:MOBQ) which lost 35.36% to settle at 0.18 and SHENGFENG DEVELOPMENT Ltd (NASDAQ:SFWL) which was down 33.30% to 5.87 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1621 to 1332 and 121 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2017 rose and 1524 declined, while 195 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.35% to 16.94.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.26% or 5.25 to $2,037.65 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.22% or 0.90 to hit $72.81 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.03% or 0.80 to trade at $76.64 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.10, while USD/JPY fell 0.64% to 134.35.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 101.23.