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Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.16%, while the S&P 500 index lost 0.41%, and the NASDAQ Composite index declined 0.99%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS), which rose 2.32% or 7.61 points to trade at 335.29 at the close. Meanwhile, The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:TRV) added 2.14% or 3.25 points to end at 155.46 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) was up 2.00% or 2.04 points to 104.28 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), which fell 1.82% or 2.81 points to trade at 151.28 at the close. Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) declined 1.70% or 2.29 points to end at 132.14 and Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) was down 1.68% or 3.90 points to 228.10.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:FCX) which rose 7.89% to 36.31, Diamondback Energy Inc (NASDAQ:FANG) which was up 6.01% to settle at 80.31 and Nov Inc (NYSE:NOV) which gained 5.91% to close at 13.80.
The worst performers were Discovery Inc Class A (NASDAQ:DISCA) which was down 4.98% to 38.37 in late trade, Discovery Communications C Inc (NASDAQ:DISCK) which lost 4.95% to settle at 33.06 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which was down 3.88% to 732.76 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Discovery Communications B Inc (NASDAQ:DISCB) which rose 28.88% to 96.66, Terns Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:TERN) which was up 21.80% to settle at 21.68 and Immunocore Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:IMCR) which gained 19.70% to close at 39.50.
The worst performers were LifeMD Inc (NASDAQ:LFMD) which was down 23.90% to 9.01 in late trade, Pintec Technology Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:PT) which lost 22.56% to settle at 1.030 and Tian Ruixiang Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:TIRX) which was down 22.34% to 14.18 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1799 to 1229 and 103 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1770 rose and 1399 declined, while 113 ended unchanged.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.04% to 16.99.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.60% or 10.55 to $1737.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 4.49% or 2.70 to hit $62.88 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 4.19% or 2.67 to trade at $66.34 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1977, while USD/JPY fell 0.12% to 108.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 91.655.
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