Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.96%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.97%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 1.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG), which rose 3.36% or 5.27 points to trade at 162.00 at the close. Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) added 1.00% or 1.42 points to end at 143.94 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) was up 0.33% or 1.53 points to 462.52 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which lost 3.52% or 7.93 points to trade at 217.08 in late trade. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) declined 3.10% or 7.10 points to end at 221.66 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) shed 2.88% or 4.78 points to 161.39.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Take-Two Interactive Software Inc (NASDAQ:TTWO) which rose 6.05% to 163.36, Newmont Goldcorp Corp (NYSE:NEM) which was up 6.04% to settle at 64.95 and Citrix Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CTXS) which gained 3.66% to close at 104.70.
The worst performers were Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) which was down 7.92% to 22.45 in late trade, U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB) which lost 7.75% to settle at 57.37 and State Street Corp (NYSE:STT) which was down 7.06% to 93.88 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Zogenix Inc (NASDAQ:ZGNX) which rose 65.73% to 25.92, G Medical Innovations Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:GMVD) which was up 45.37% to settle at 6.12 and Valneva SE ADR (NASDAQ:VALN) which gained 45.01% to close at 47.52.
The worst performers were Cardiff Oncology Inc (NASDAQ:CRDF) which was down 25.90% to 4.550 in late trade, OncoCyte Corp (NASDAQ:OCX) which lost 24.20% to settle at 1.660 and Petros Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:PTPI) which was down 21.12% to 1.830 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2229 to 1017 and 141 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2614 fell and 1221 advanced, while 190 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 24.28% to 23.85 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 1.56% or 28.30 to $1840.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.22% or 0.19 to hit $85.02 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.10 to trade at $87.76 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1345, while USD/JPY rose 0.01% to 114.33.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.585.