Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Oil & Gas and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.27%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.07%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which rose 1.99% or 0.92 points to trade at 47.10 at the close. General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) added 1.79% or 0.32 points to end at 18.15 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) was up 1.05% or 1.82 points to 174.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP), which lost 0.93% or 0.66 points to trade at 70.60 in late trade. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) declined 0.76% or 1.05 points to end at 137.29 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) shed 0.73% or 0.61 points to 83.11.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Cerner Corporation (NASDAQ:CERN) which rose 5.02% to 70.03, Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) which was up 4.32% to settle at 145.25 and TripAdvisor Inc (NASDAQ:TRIP) which gained 4.21% to close at 34.19.
The worst performers were Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) which was down 7.22% to 13.10 in late trade, HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ) which lost 4.99% to settle at 21.34 and Viacom B Inc (NASDAQ:VIAB) which was down 2.13% to 26.68 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Jacksonville Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:JXSB) which rose 62.54% to 51.20, Cleantech Solutions International Inc (NASDAQ:CLNT) which was up 59.55% to settle at 7.100 and Marathon Patent Group Inc (NASDAQ:MARA) which gained 53.53% to close at 2.180.
The worst performers were CHF Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:CHFS) which was down 44.80% to 4.350 in late trade, Global Brokerage Inc Class A (NASDAQ:GLBR) which lost 38.84% to settle at 0.58 and Rand Logistics Inc (NASDAQ:RLOG) which was down 37.03% to 0.3671 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1737 to 1360 and 114 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1306 rose and 1250 declined, while 127 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.93% to 9.82.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.82% or 10.48 to $1292.18 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.09% or 1.19 to hit $58.02 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 1.13% or 0.71 to trade at $63.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.1822, while USD/JPY fell 1.09% to 111.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.78% at 93.16.