Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.40%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.35%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX), which rose 1.16% or 1.34 points to trade at 117.03 at the close. International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) added 0.80% or 1.13 points to end at 142.14 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was up 0.27% or 0.09 points to 33.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), which lost 1.41% or 1.90 points to trade at 132.80 in late trade. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) declined 1.24% or 1.27 points to end at 101.50 and Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) shed 1.12% or 0.35 points to 30.92.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Foot Locker Inc (NYSE:FL) which rose 6.24% to 35.25, Xilinx Inc (NASDAQ:XLNX) which was up 4.35% to settle at 64.01 and Simon Property Group Inc (NYSE:SPG) which gained 2.83% to close at 157.57.
The worst performers were Omnicom Group Inc (NYSE:OMC) which was down 7.00% to 72.66 in late trade, Interpublic Group of Companies Inc (NYSE:IPG) which lost 6.32% to settle at 19.58 and Coty Inc (NYSE:COTY) which was down 5.48% to 16.74 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Immune Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:IMNP) which rose 83.33% to 2.2000, Intracellular Th (NASDAQ:ITCI) which was up 27.68% to settle at 14.39 and Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:PRTK) which gained 27.30% to close at 24.25.
The worst performers were Precipio Inc (NASDAQ:PRPO) which was down 46.76% to 2.3800 in late trade, Diana Containerships Inc (NASDAQ:DCIX) which lost 40.28% to settle at 0.2600 and root9B Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:RTNB) which was down 30.33% to 2.0900 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1632 to 1443 and 150 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1385 fell and 1060 advanced, while 185 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 7.14% to 12.16.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.35% or 4.52 to $1295.52 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.15% or 0.55 to hit $48.38 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 1.31% or 0.68 to trade at $52.55 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1815, while USD/JPY fell 0.55% to 108.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 93.09.