Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Technology and Healthcare sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.36%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.02%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 4.16% or 9.24 points to trade at 231.51 at the close. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) added 0.74% or 1.55 points to end at 211.45 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) was up 0.62% or 0.29 points to 47.11 in late trade.
Biggest losers included McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), which lost 1.88% or 4.62 points to trade at 241.73 in late trade. The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) declined 1.69% or 2.53 points to end at 146.85 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) shed 1.68% or 2.90 points to 170.04.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which rose 7.53% to 97.88, Xilinx Inc (NASDAQ:XLNX) which was up 5.76% to settle at 138.54 and Hess Corporation (NYSE:HES) which gained 4.69% to close at 77.53.
The worst performers were Affiliated Managers Group Inc (NYSE:AMG) which was down 7.01% to 155.85 in late trade, Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) which lost 5.74% to settle at 440.68 and CH Robinson Worldwide Inc (NASDAQ:CHRW) which was down 3.09% to 88.50 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Flora Growth Corp (NASDAQ:FLGC) which rose 62.33% to 8.230, Infinity Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:INFI) which was up 59.87% to settle at 2.430 and Bit Digital Inc (NASDAQ:BTBT) which gained 35.40% to close at 7.975.
The worst performers were Alset Ehome International Inc (NASDAQ:AEI) which was down 35.48% to 2.200 in late trade, SGOCO Group Ltd (NASDAQ:SGOC) which lost 21.27% to settle at 8.660 and EyeGate Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:EYEG) which was down 16.18% to 3.160 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2032 to 1126 and 122 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2558 rose and 923 declined, while 126 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 5.42% to 18.31.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.37% or 6.60 to $1806.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.88% or 0.63 to hit $72.28 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.31% or 0.23 to trade at $73.75 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1848, while USD/JPY rose 0.10% to 109.88.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 92.243.