Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Oil & Gas and Technology sectors led shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average declined 0.17%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.17%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.72%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), which rose 1.00% or 1.01 points to trade at 101.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) added 1.04% or 0.55 points to end at 53.48 and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) was up 0.99% or 1.05 points to 107.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV), which fell 2.47% or 3.17 points to trade at 124.99 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:MCD) declined 1.46% or 2.41 points to end at 162.56 and International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) was down 0.88% or 1.27 points to 142.63.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A (NASDAQ:FOXA) which rose 7.54% to 48.08, Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOX) which was up 7.38% to settle at 47.56 and Apache Corporation (NYSE:APA) which gained 5.59% to close at 45.68.
The worst performers were Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) which was down 9.07% to 52.22 in late trade, Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) which lost 7.46% to settle at 42.82 and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (NYSE:HPE) which was down 4.69% to 15.15 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Naked Brand Group Inc (NASDAQ:NAKD) which rose 434.59% to 8.500, CLPS Inc (NASDAQ:CLPS) which was up 55.67% to settle at 16.75 and Forward Industries Inc (NASDAQ:FORD) which gained 54.93% to close at 2.200.
The worst performers were Anika Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ANIK) which was down 37.62% to 28.77 in late trade, Gevo Inc (NASDAQ:GEVO) which lost 37.13% to settle at 12.2600 and Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc (NASDAQ:HMNY) which was down 30.65% to 0.312 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1888 to 1164 and 124 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1630 rose and 923 declined, while 111 ended unchanged.
Shares in Twenty-First Century Fox Inc A (NASDAQ:FOXA) rose to all time highs; up 7.54% or 3.37 to 48.08. Shares in Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) fell to 52-week lows; losing 9.07% or 5.21 to 52.22. Shares in Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (NASDAQ:FOX) rose to all time highs; up 7.38% or 3.27 to 47.56. Shares in Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.46% or 3.45 to 42.82. Shares in Naked Brand Group Inc (NASDAQ:NAKD) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 434.59% or 6.910 to 8.500. Shares in Anika Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:ANIK) fell to 3-years lows; down 37.62% or 17.35 to 28.77. Shares in CLPS Inc (NASDAQ:CLPS) rose to all time highs; rising 55.67% or 5.99 to 16.75. Shares in Helios and Matheson Analytics Inc (NASDAQ:HMNY) fell to all time lows; down 30.65% or 0.138 to 0.312.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.04% to 12.81.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.63% or 8.10 to $1270.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.79% or 0.51 to hit $65.41 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.16% or 0.87 to trade at $74.21 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1583, while USD/JPY rose 0.29% to 110.37.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.75.