U.S. shares mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.11%

Investing.com – U.S. equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Oil&Gas sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Technology, Healthcare and Utilities sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.11%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.02%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.23%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN), which rose 2.48% or 5.19 points to trade at 214.10 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) added 2.19% or 3.40 points to end at 158.69 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) was up 1.83% or 0.74 points to 41.14 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which lost 3.58% or 5.20 points to trade at 139.97 in late trade. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) declined 1.51% or 5.94 points to end at 387.07 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH) shed 1.43% or 8.80 points to 605.87.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Warner Bros Discovery Inc (NASDAQ:WBD) which rose 5.42% to 9.72, Albemarle Corp (NYSE:ALB) which was up 5.24% to settle at 108.19 and West Pharmaceutical Services Inc (NYSE:WST) which gained 4.98% to close at 344.00.

The worst performers were Monolithic Power Systems Inc (NASDAQ:MPWR) which was down 6.62% to 601.47 in late trade, Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:SMCI) which lost 6.31% to settle at 20.33 and Amentum Holdings LLC (NYSE:AMTM) which was down 5.15% to 29.63 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Microvast Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:MVST) which rose 340.01% to 0.80, Quantum Computing Inc (NASDAQ:QUBT) which was up 92.75% to settle at 2.66 and Pulmatrix Inc (NASDAQ:PULM) which gained 73.66% to close at 3.56.

The worst performers were Syros Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:SYRS) which was down 86.85% to 0.36 in late trade, GlucoTrack Inc (NASDAQ:GCTK) which lost 76.92% to settle at 0.36 and Wag! Group Co (NASDAQ:PET) which was down 67.98% to 0.21 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1664 to 1139 and 85 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2228 fell and 1058 advanced, while 115 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.69% to 14.02 a new 3-month low.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.97% or 25.40 to $2,580.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $68.00 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $71.88 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.06, while USD/JPY rose 0.59% to 155.51.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 106.39.