Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.03%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.35%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.69%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which rose 1.18% or 2.36 points to trade at 202.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) added 1.16% or 0.64 points to end at 55.82 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) was up 0.92% or 0.91 points to 99.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which fell 1.11% or 4.10 points to trade at 364.94 at the close. UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:UNH) declined 1.11% or 2.76 points to end at 246.03 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) was down 1.00% or 0.56 points to 55.71.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were ConAgra Foods Inc (NYSE:CAG) which rose 6.72% to 29.39, Discovery Inc Class A (NASDAQ:DISCA) which was up 6.07% to settle at 30.59 and Discovery Communications C Inc (NASDAQ:DISCK) which gained 4.71% to close at 28.25.
The worst performers were AmerisourceBergen (NYSE:ABC) which was down 4.43% to 74.00 in late trade, Humana Inc (NYSE:HUM) which lost 2.96% to settle at 266.50 and KKR & Co LP (F:KR51) which was down 2.96% to 20.16 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were ATA Inc (NASDAQ:ATAI) which rose 81.60% to 3.850, Inpixon (NASDAQ:INPX) which was up 47.87% to settle at 1.1800 and Marathon Patent Group Inc (NASDAQ:MARA) which gained 42.44% to close at 3.860.
The worst performers were Helius Medical Technologies Inc Class A (NASDAQ:HSDT) which was down 66.18% to 2.1000 in late trade, OUTLOOK THERAPEUTICS INC (NASDAQ:OTLK) which lost 45.08% to settle at 1.73 and Wave Life Sciences Ltd (NASDAQ:WVE) which was down 18.78% to 33.91 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2165 to 826 and 92 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1799 rose and 837 declined, while 81 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO) rose to 5-year highs; up 1.16% or 0.64 to 55.82. Shares in Helius Medical Technologies Inc Class A (NASDAQ:HSDT) fell to all time lows; losing 66.18% or 4.1100 to 2.1000. Shares in OUTLOOK THERAPEUTICS INC (NASDAQ:OTLK) fell to all time lows; falling 45.08% or 1.42 to 1.73.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.93% to 13.30.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.29% or 3.75 to $1312.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.77% or 0.49 to hit $64.47 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $71.59 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1280, while USD/JPY fell 0.03% to 110.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 96.520.