Investing.com – United States equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher while losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the rose 0.35%, while the index gained 0.15%, and the index declined 0.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: ), which rose 2.58% or 1.11 points to trade at 44.06 at the close. McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: ) added 1.62% or 5.10 points to end at 319.60 and Sherwin-Williams Co (NYSE: ) was up 1.38% or 4.79 points to 352.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chevron Corp (NYSE: ), which fell 2.36% or 3.29 points to trade at 136.01 in late trade. Nike Inc (NYSE: ) declined 1.98% or 1.14 points to end at 56.40 and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: ) down 1.65% or 3.10 points to 184.29.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Qorvo Inc (NASDAQ: ) which rose 14.38% to 71.66, Seagate Technology PLC (NASDAQ: ) which was up 11.56% to settle at 91.03 and Trane Technologies plc (NYSE: ) which gained 8.45% to close at 383.31.
The worst performers were Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ: ) which was down 11.50% to 31.86 in late trade, CoStar Group Inc (NASDAQ: ) which lost 10.31% to settle at 74.17 and Edison International (NYSE: ) which was down 8.89% to 53.51 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Regulus Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ) which rose 136.80% to 7.98, Nvni Group Ltd (NASDAQ: ) which was up 111.22% to settle at 0.45 and Regencell Bioscience Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: ) which gained 89.87% to close at 60.00.
The worst performers were E-Home Household Service Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: ) which was down 45.51% to 0.43 in late trade, GeneDx Holdings Corp (NASDAQ: ) which lost 42.85% to settle at 66.85 and Sound Group Inc (NASDAQ: ) which was down 29.46% to 1.53 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 1546 to 1225 and 83 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1830 fell and 1432 advanced, while 164 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
Shares in Regulus Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: ) rose to 3-year highs; up 136.80% or 4.61 to 7.98. Shares in E-Home Household Service Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: ) fell to all time lows; falling 45.51% or 0.36 to 0.43. Shares in Regencell Bioscience Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: ) rose to all time highs; up 89.87% or 28.40 to 60.00. Shares in Sound Group Inc (NASDAQ: ) fell to all time lows; down 29.46% or 0.64 to 1.53.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.61% to 24.80.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 1.12% or 37.29 to $3,296.31 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 3.71% or 2.24 to hit $58.18 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 3.54% or 2.24 to trade at $61.04 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.13, while USD/JPY rose 0.64% to 143.18.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 99.48.
