© Reuters U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.76%
Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the fell 0.76%, while the index declined 0.80%, and the index declined 1.18%.
The best performers of the session on the were Chevron Corp (NYSE:), which rose 1.94% or 2.90 points to trade at 152.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:) added 1.35% or 1.53 points to end at 114.77 and Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:) was up 1.11% or 3.30 points to 300.69 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 4.05% or 1.08 points to trade at 25.57 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE:) declined 3.10% or 7.80 points to end at 243.96 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:) was down 2.84% or 8.31 points to 284.40.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:) which rose 4.29% to 617.63, Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:) which was up 3.62% to settle at 157.87 and EOG Resources Inc (NYSE:) which gained 2.78% to close at 124.98.
The worst performers were Insulet Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 6.91% to 194.66 in late trade, Waters Corporation (NYSE:) which lost 6.89% to settle at 305.97 and Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 6.56% to 122.63 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Neximmune Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 153.06% to 6.20, MMTEC Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 86.60% to settle at 1.81 and Sidus Space Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 67.00% to close at 11.64.
The worst performers were E-Home Household Service Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 61.26% to 1.48 in late trade, Infobird Co Ltd (NASDAQ:) which lost 43.48% to settle at 0.78 and Riskon International Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 35.93% to 0.29 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2080 to 803 and 50 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2527 fell and 928 advanced, while 64 ended unchanged.
Shares in Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; rising 3.62% or 5.51 to 157.87. Shares in Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; gaining 1.11% or 3.30 to 300.69. Shares in Infobird Co Ltd (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 43.48% or 0.60 to 0.78.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 6.36% to 14.04 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for February delivery was down 1.15% or 23.80 to $2,049.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 3.48% or 2.45 to hit $72.83 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 3.19% or 2.42 to trade at $78.31 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.89% to 143.24.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 102.15.