Investing.com – U.S. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.07%, while the S&P 500 index gained 1.67%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 2.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 6.02% or 9.79 points to trade at 172.31 at the close. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) added 4.28% or 7.42 points to end at 180.60 and NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) was up 3.86% or 3.82 points to 102.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), which lost 1.50% or 2.37 points to trade at 155.38 in late trade. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) declined 1.28% or 2.15 points to end at 165.73 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) shed 1.18% or 0.51 points to 42.68.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Amphenol Corporation (NYSE:APH) which rose 8.21% to 71.15, Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) which was up 7.55% to settle at 32.89 and Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:PLTR) which gained 7.23% to close at 100.79.
The worst performers were Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:ENPH) which was down 15.61% to 45.09 in late trade, Otis Worldwide Corp (NYSE:OTIS) which lost 6.76% to settle at 92.26 and Baker Hughes Co (NASDAQ:BKR) which was down 6.47% to 35.88 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Jayud Global Logistics Ltd (NASDAQ:JYD) which rose 161.27% to 0.27, Ensysce Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:ENSC) which was up 96.25% to settle at 3.67 and AGM Group Holdings Inc Class A (NASDAQ:AGMH) which gained 93.33% to close at 0.06.
The worst performers were Ocean Biomedical Inc (NASDAQ:OCEA) which was down 46.75% to 0.02 in late trade, Charles & Colvard Ltd (NASDAQ:CTHR) which lost 35.24% to settle at 0.53 and eLong Power Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:ELPW) which was down 30.76% to 2.69 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2033 to 769 and 39 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2418 rose and 890 declined, while 118 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.03% to 28.42.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 3.51% or 120.16 to $3,299.24 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.04% or 1.30 to hit $62.37 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 1.82% or 1.23 to trade at $66.21 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.95% to 1.13, while USD/JPY rose 1.41% to 143.53.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.05% at 99.73.