Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil & Gas, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.04% to hit a new 3-month high, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.09%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 2.43% or 5.46 points to trade at 230.38 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 1.61% or 0.71 points to end at 44.94 and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) was up 1.58% or 5.28 points to 340.18 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT), which lost 1.59% or 2.53 points to trade at 156.11 in late trade. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) declined 1.09% or 1.59 points to end at 143.92 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) shed 1.01% or 3.85 points to 378.85.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were NetApp Inc (NASDAQ:NTAP) which rose 14.63% to 89.54, General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) which was up 9.35% to settle at 31.59 and Charles Schwab Corp (NYSE:SCHW) which gained 6.83% to close at 59.62.
The worst performers were Cigna Corp (NYSE:CI) which was down 8.12% to 262.86 in late trade, Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) which lost 5.52% to settle at 482.26 and Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE:LVS) which was down 4.89% to 45.33 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Vivos Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VVOS) which rose 831.82% to 41.00, Altamira Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:CYTO) which was up 180.22% to settle at 0.64 and Yoshiharu Global Co (NASDAQ:YOSH) which gained 92.69% to close at 9.23.
The worst performers were Biovie Inc (NASDAQ:BIVI) which was down 60.72% to 1.96 in late trade, Treasure Global Inc (NASDAQ:TGL) which lost 49.37% to settle at 0.10 and Seelos Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:SEEL) which was down 47.48% to 1.25 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1884 to 1027 and 65 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2006 rose and 1469 declined, while 93 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.29% to 12.98.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.25% or 5.10 to $2,045.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.71% or 1.31 to hit $77.72 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.46% or 1.19 to trade at $82.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.10, while USD/JPY fell 0.16% to 147.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 102.75.