Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Healthcare and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 1.08%, while the S&P 500 index declined 1.07%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.89%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 1.71% or 4.23 points to trade at 251.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) added 0.25% or 0.80 points to end at 321.55 and The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) was down 0.11% or 0.18 points to 158.72 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which fell 2.71% or 2.69 points to trade at 96.70 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) declined 2.55% or 3.83 points to end at 146.36 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) was down 2.07% or 2.95 points to 139.47.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Lowe’s Companies Inc (NYSE:LOW) which rose 9.59% to 199.73, TJX Companies Inc (NYSE:TJX) which was up 5.57% to settle at 73.00 and ViacomCBS Inc (NASDAQ:VIAC) which gained 3.69% to close at 40.47.
The worst performers were Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which was down 3.83% to 103.44 in late trade, Lumen Technologies Inc (NYSE:LUMN) which lost 3.81% to settle at 11.61 and CME Group Inc (NASDAQ:CME) which was down 3.80% to 197.58 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were PharmaCyte Biotech Inc (NASDAQ:PMCB) which rose 189.47% to 9.9000, SGOCO Group Ltd (NASDAQ:SGOC) which was up 67.44% to settle at 7.200 and Virpax Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:VRPX) which gained 52.11% to close at 23.349.
The worst performers were Americas Car-Mart Inc (NASDAQ:CRMT) which was down 18.60% to 132.06 in late trade, Vaxcyte Inc (NASDAQ:PCVX) which lost 14.76% to settle at 22.99 and Eco Wave Power Global AB ADR (NASDAQ:WAVE) which was down 13.76% to 8.27 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2276 to 926 and 168 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2063 fell and 1443 advanced, while 157 ended unchanged.
Shares in Virpax Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:VRPX) rose to all time highs; gaining 52.11% or 7.999 to 23.349.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 20.44% to 21.57.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.03% or 0.45 to $1788.25 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.98% or 1.98 to hit $64.36 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 2.33% or 1.61 to trade at $67.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1709, while USD/JPY rose 0.18% to 109.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.170.