Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.80%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.70%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 2.96% or 0.88 points to trade at 30.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) added 0.80% or 0.30 points to end at 37.97 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) was up 0.28% or 0.33 points to 118.22 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which fell 4.60% or 1.54 points to trade at 31.96 at the close. Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:AMGN) declined 2.82% or 6.66 points to end at 229.31 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) was down 2.09% or 2.90 points to 136.02.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Signature Bank (OTC:SBNY) which rose 36.21% to 0.09, Generac Holdings Inc (NYSE:GNRC) which was up 11.63% to settle at 114.76 and Assurant Inc (NYSE:AIZ) which gained 9.31% to close at 132.07.
The worst performers were Estee Lauder Companies Inc (NYSE:EL) which was down 17.37% to 202.63 in late trade, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which lost 9.25% to settle at 81.59 and Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) which was down 9.17% to 103.96 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were ImmunoGen Inc (NASDAQ:IMGN) which rose 135.77% to 12.26, Aptorum Group Ltd Class A (NASDAQ:APM) which was up 104.64% to settle at 5.73 and Harbor Custom Development Inc (NASDAQ:HCDI) which gained 90.25% to close at 7.61.
The worst performers were VCI Global Ltd (NASDAQ:VCIG) which was down 68.84% to 5.30 in late trade, Guardforce AI Co Ltd (NASDAQ:GFAI) which lost 56.46% to settle at 5.09 and Actelis Networks Inc (NASDAQ:ASNS) which was down 45.01% to 3.58 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1751 to 1210 and 90 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1784 rose and 1779 declined, while 144 ended unchanged.
Shares in Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.28% or 0.33 to 118.22. Shares in ImmunoGen Inc (NASDAQ:IMGN) rose to 5-year highs; up 135.77% or 7.06 to 12.26.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.15% to 18.34.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.76% or 15.40 to $2,038.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 4.73% or 3.39 to hit $68.27 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 4.38% or 3.30 to trade at $72.02 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.11, while USD/JPY fell 0.97% to 135.21.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 101.15.