Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.33% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.05%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 3.59% or 5.15 points to trade at 148.57 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 3.43% or 2.13 points to end at 64.30 and Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) was up 1.35% or 0.61 points to 45.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM), which lost 1.81% or 2.83 points to trade at 153.91 in late trade. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) declined 1.60% or 1.59 points to end at 97.78 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) shed 1.25% or 1.34 points to 105.51.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were CenturyLink Inc (NYSE:CTL) which rose 6.69% to 16.75, Mattel Inc (NASDAQ:MAT) which was up 6.63% to settle at 15.59 and Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) which gained 4.30% to close at 19.42.
The worst performers were Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE:ADM) which was down 4.12% to 40.05 in late trade, Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A (NASDAQ:FOXA) which lost 3.96% to settle at 32.75 and Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) which was down 3.91% to 96.22 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were CounterPath Corp (NASDAQ:CPAH) which rose 57.66% to 3.500, Wins Finance Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:WINS) which was up 49.48% to settle at 76.62 and Female Health Co (NASDAQ:VERU) which gained 41.00% to close at 1.410.
The worst performers were Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc (NASDAQ:HMNY) which was down 32.64% to 6.790 in late trade, PhaseRx Inc (NASDAQ:PZRX) which lost 21.26% to settle at 0.43 and LM Funding America Inc (NASDAQ:LMFA) which was down 21.07% to 2.51 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1764 to 1330 and 140 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1508 rose and 1000 declined, while 136 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.32% to 10.15.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.34% or 16.70 to $1258.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.72% or 0.41 to hit $56.73 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.20% or 0.76 to trade at $62.58 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.1826, while USD/JPY fell 0.91% to 112.52.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.69% at 93.41.