Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Financials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.25%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.18%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 4.19% or 13.80 points to trade at 342.86 at the close. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) added 1.70% or 1.69 points to end at 101.15 and Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM) was up 1.47% or 1.15 points to 79.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), which lost 4.29% or 0.63 points to trade at 14.05 in late trade. American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) declined 1.65% or 1.66 points to end at 98.78 and Coca-Cola Company (NYSE:KO) shed 1.49% or 0.64 points to 42.43.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC) which rose 8.14% to 145.96, Anthem Inc (NYSE:ANTM) which was up 6.15% to settle at 238.84 and Ingersoll-Rand PLC (NYSE:IR) which gained 5.93% to close at 85.16.
The worst performers were TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP) which was down 8.54% to 38.33 in late trade, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NASDAQ:GT) which lost 5.06% to settle at 25.51 and Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF) which was down 4.78% to 92.76 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Dare Bioscience Inc (NASDAQ:DARE) which rose 56.69% to 1.270, Travelzoo Inc (NASDAQ:TZOO) which was up 24.70% to settle at 9.75 and Vicor Corporation (NASDAQ:VICR) which gained 26.84% to close at 37.10.
The worst performers were Trivago NV (NASDAQ:TRVG) which was down 26.18% to 4.71 in late trade, ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ACAD) which lost 21.93% to settle at 15.200 and Mercury Systems Inc (NASDAQ:MRCY) which was down 18.68% to 34.91 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1728 to 1343 and 115 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1444 fell and 1075 advanced, while 160 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.28% to 17.79.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.65% or 8.60 to $1324.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.49% or 0.33 to hit $68.03 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.23% or 0.17 to trade at $74.03 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.52% to 1.2169, while USD/JPY rose 0.52% to 109.39.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.49% at 91.00.