Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Healthcare and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.26%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.16%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 3.18% or 6.95 points to trade at 225.36 at the close. Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) added 2.41% or 1.77 points to end at 75.09 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA) was up 1.29% or 0.62 points to 48.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which lost 1.34% or 2.68 points to trade at 197.87 in late trade. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) declined 1.18% or 4.61 points to end at 384.89 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) shed 1.08% or 0.64 points to 58.82.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR) which rose 16.49% to 100.51, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) which was up 3.95% to settle at 230.36 and Tyson Foods Inc (NYSE:TSN) which gained 3.46% to close at 80.49.
The worst performers were HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ) which was down 4.44% to 27.31 in late trade, Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) which lost 3.81% to settle at 60.07 and Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:AMAT) which was down 3.48% to 128.27 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Grom Social Enterprises Inc (NASDAQ:GROM) which rose 91.71% to 3.355, Paltalk Inc (NASDAQ:PALT) which was up 60.11% to settle at 8.3900 and Farmmi Inc (NASDAQ:FAMI) which gained 41.25% to close at 0.3400.
The worst performers were Helbiz Inc (NASDAQ:HLBZ) which was down 32.22% to 14.01 in late trade, Elite Education Group International Ltd (NASDAQ:EEIQ) which lost 26.32% to settle at 6.440 and Jasper Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:JSPR) which was down 23.66% to 9.290 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1788 to 1383 and 102 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2077 fell and 1447 advanced, while 155 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.97% to 22.56.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.69% or 12.05 to $1725.45 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.90% or 0.68 to hit $74.61 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.69% or 0.54 to trade at $77.81 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.74% to 1.1594, while USD/JPY rose 0.45% to 112.00.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.67% at 94.407.