Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.06%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.17%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.55%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 2.81% or 5.66 points to trade at 207.06 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 1.32% or 5.14 points to end at 393.20 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) was up 1.27% or 1.39 points to 110.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH), which lost 2.91% or 14.95 points to trade at 498.47 in late trade. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) declined 1.73% or 0.74 points to end at 41.99 and 3M Company (NYSE:MMM) shed 0.89% or 0.82 points to 91.48.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Axon Enterprise Inc (NASDAQ:AXON) which rose 13.76% to 309.22, Constellation Energy Corp (NASDAQ:CEG) which was up 9.68% to settle at 170.83 and eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) which gained 7.88% to close at 47.89.
The worst performers were Viatris Inc (NASDAQ:VTRS) which was down 7.11% to 12.29 in late trade, ResMed Inc (NYSE:RMD) which lost 3.90% to settle at 173.94 and Match Group Inc (NASDAQ:MTCH) which was down 3.78% to 35.91 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Vivani Medical Inc (NASDAQ:VANI) which rose 270.30% to 3.74, Envoy Medical Inc (NASDAQ:COCH) which was up 183.06% to settle at 3.51 and vTv Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:VTVT) which gained 100.60% to close at 16.65.
The worst performers were Charge Enterprises Inc (NASDAQ:CRGE) which was down 52.00% to 0.03 in late trade, Integral Ad Science Holding LLC (NASDAQ:IAS) which lost 41.46% to settle at 10.01 and SMX Security Matters Ord Shs Class A (NASDAQ:SMX) which was down 37.22% to 0.22 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1577 to 1280 and 73 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2191 fell and 1240 advanced, while 104 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.05% to 13.84.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.06% or 1.20 to $2,042.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.68% or 0.54 to hit $78.33 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 0.82% or 0.68 to trade at $81.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.08, while USD/JPY rose 0.14% to 150.71.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 103.87.