Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.40%, while the S&P 500 index gained 0.96%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 2.87% or 8.06 points to trade at 289.21 at the close. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 2.39% or 1.03 points to end at 44.19 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) was up 1.29% or 0.64 points to 50.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which lost 0.60% or 1.22 points to trade at 203.24 in late trade. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) declined 0.51% or 0.80 points to end at 155.67 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) shed 0.48% or 0.89 points to 184.15.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE:UBER) which rose 14.73% to 79.15, IQVIA Holdings Inc (NYSE:IQV) which was up 13.11% to settle at 243.49 and Charles River Laboratories (NYSE:CRL) which gained 11.34% to close at 245.21.
The worst performers were Akamai Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:AKAM) which was down 8.20% to 114.80 in late trade, MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM) which lost 6.23% to settle at 42.81 and Kraft Heinz Co (NASDAQ:KHC) which was down 5.45% to 34.16 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Datasea Inc (NASDAQ:DTSS) which rose 515.07% to 8.98, Earlyworks Co Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:ELWS) which was up 187.91% to settle at 1.31 and enGene Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:ENGN) which gained 116.54% to close at 16.50.
The worst performers were Ohmyhome Ltd (NASDAQ:OMH) which was down 41.15% to 1.33 in late trade, Sunworks Inc (NASDAQ:SUNW) which lost 40.48% to settle at 0.06 and Nukkleus Inc (NASDAQ:NUKK) which was down 33.67% to 1.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2309 to 558 and 64 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2648 rose and 787 declined, while 88 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 9.27% to 14.38.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.18% or 3.65 to $2,003.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.66% or 1.29 to hit $76.58 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract fell 1.50% or 1.24 to trade at $81.53 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.07, while USD/JPY fell 0.12% to 150.60.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 104.62.