Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare, Oil & Gas and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Financials, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.32%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.00%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH), which rose 4.07% or 23.50 points to trade at 600.50 at the close. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) added 2.83% or 7.92 points to end at 287.87 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) was up 2.07% or 4.35 points to 214.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), which lost 1.67% or 6.80 points to trade at 400.00 in late trade. Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:V) declined 1.45% or 4.53 points to end at 307.32 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) shed 0.93% or 2.25 points to 240.84.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE:KEYS) which rose 8.78% to 165.48, Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) which was up 5.83% to settle at 293.97 and CoStar Group Inc (NASDAQ:CSGP) which gained 5.80% to close at 76.27.
The worst performers were Target Corporation (NYSE:TGT) which was down 21.97% to 121.72 in late trade, Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) which lost 8.74% to settle at 25.80 and Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) which was down 6.34% to 154.27 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Jeffs Brands Ltd Unit (NASDAQ:JFBR) which rose 1,360.00% to 2.92, Forte Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:FBRX) which was up 128.69% to settle at 13.55 and QuantumSi Inc (NASDAQ:QSI) which gained 119.59% to close at 1.39.
The worst performers were Nova Vision Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:RMSG) which was down 89.84% to 3.76 in late trade, SKK Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:SKK) which lost 47.16% to settle at 4.56 and QMMM Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:QMMM) which was down 43.94% to 0.71 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1459 to 1322 and 110 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1681 fell and 1595 advanced, while 139 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 4.95% to 17.16.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.82% or 21.60 to $2,652.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.30% or 0.21 to hit $69.03 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.23 to trade at $73.08 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.52% to 1.05, while USD/JPY rose 0.50% to 155.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 106.63.