Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Healthcare sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.00%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.30%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM), which rose 1.94% or 5.41 points to trade at 284.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE) added 1.92% or 2.95 points to end at 156.30 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was up 1.17% or 3.43 points to 296.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were American Express Company (NYSE:AXP), which fell 3.54% or 6.19 points to trade at 168.72 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) declined 2.64% or 4.36 points to end at 161.00 and Dow Inc (NYSE:DOW) was down 1.44% or 0.83 points to 56.91.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which rose 3.92% to 109.16, BlackRock Inc (NYSE:BLK) which was up 3.78% to settle at 867.81 and Discovery Inc Class A (NASDAQ:DISCA) which gained 3.74% to close at 25.50.
The worst performers were Delta Air Lines Inc (NYSE:DAL) which was down 5.76% to 41.03 in late trade, Align Technology Inc (NASDAQ:ALGN) which lost 4.97% to settle at 596.22 and United Airlines Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) which was down 3.60% to 47.88 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Jasper Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:JSPR) which rose 105.13% to 14.790, Waitr Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:WTRH) which was up 58.45% to settle at 1.2700 and Sono-Tek Corp (NASDAQ:SOTK) which gained 44.22% to close at 6.4900.
The worst performers were Regulus Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:RGLS) which was down 29.88% to 0.5326 in late trade, Neuroone Medical Technologies Corp (NASDAQ:NMTC) which lost 29.37% to settle at 2.910 and DatChat Inc (NASDAQ:DATS) which was down 26.07% to 11.10 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1976 to 1195 and 159 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2049 rose and 1549 declined, while 166 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sono-Tek Corp (NASDAQ:SOTK) rose to all time highs; up 44.22% or 1.9900 to 6.4900.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.10% to 18.64.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 1.97% or 34.65 to $1793.95 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.10% or 0.08 to hit $80.56 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.17% or 0.14 to trade at $83.28 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.59% to 1.1595, while USD/JPY fell 0.27% to 113.29.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 94.028.