Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.91%, while the S&P 500 index fell 1.61%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 1.41%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO), which rose 0.15% or 0.11 points to trade at 71.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) fell 0.13% or 0.21 points to end at 165.43 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was down 0.31% or 0.48 points to 153.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH), which fell 5.78% or 18.58 points to trade at 303.00 at the close. Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) declined 4.12% or 2.58 points to end at 59.98 and American Express Company (NYSE:AXP) was down 3.43% or 10.17 points to 286.00.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Alphabet Inc Class C (NASDAQ:GOOG) which rose 2.86% to 170.05, Alphabet Inc Class A (NASDAQ:GOOGL) which was up 2.79% to settle at 168.56 and CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:CF) which gained 1.63% to close at 89.35.
The worst performers were Fair Isaac Corporation (NYSE:FICO) which was down 15.74% to 1,707.94 in late trade, The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES) which lost 9.92% to settle at 10.13 and Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) which was down 7.79% to 25.81 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Lottery.com Inc (NASDAQ:LTRY) which rose 133.26% to 1.77, SigmaTron International Inc (NASDAQ:SGMA) which was up 130.23% to settle at 2.97 and CFSB Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:CFSB) which gained 73.82% to close at 13.68.
The worst performers were Petros Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:PTPI) which was down 46.45% to 0.07 in late trade, UroGen Pharma Ltd (NASDAQ:URGN) which lost 44.70% to settle at 4.17 and LeddarTech Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:LDTC) which was down 40.56% to 0.31 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2486 to 325 and 29 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2733 fell and 598 advanced, while 99 ended unchanged.
Shares in Petros Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:PTPI) fell to all time lows; down 46.45% or 0.06 to 0.07. Shares in UroGen Pharma Ltd (NASDAQ:URGN) fell to all time lows; down 44.70% or 3.37 to 4.17. Shares in CFSB Bancorp Inc (NASDAQ:CFSB) rose to all time highs; rising 73.82% or 5.81 to 13.68.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 15.42% to 20.88.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 1.06% or 34.74 to $3,319.34 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.13% or 0.70 to hit $61.33 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.12% or 0.73 to trade at $64.65 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.39% to 1.13, while USD/JPY fell 0.61% to 143.66.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 99.48.