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 lost 0.60%, while the index lost 0.77%, and the index fell 1.03%.
The best performers of the session on the were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 1.27% or 2.63 points to trade at 209.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:) added 1.21% or 1.34 points to end at 112.49 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:) was up 1.15% or 1.93 points to 170.02 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 5.05% or 16.61 points to trade at 312.50 at the close. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) declined 4.47% or 4.02 points to end at 85.95 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) was down 3.63% or 0.72 points to 18.99.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 25.30% to 69.93, Axon Enterprise Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 18.39% to settle at 349.24 and VF Corporation (NYSE:) which gained 7.06% to close at 17.60.
The worst performers were Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 20.20% to 492.34 in late trade, Airbnb Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 13.38% to settle at 113.01 and Charles River Laboratories (NYSE:) which was down 12.60% to 199.96 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Richtech Robotics Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 67.14% to 0.62, G1 Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 66.12% to settle at 7.06 and Greenlane Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 58.20% to close at 4.05.
The worst performers were Expion360 Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 68.08% to 0.08 in late trade, VBI Vaccines Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 51.09% to settle at 0.07 and DZS Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 50.00% to 0.52 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1713 to 1129 and 77 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2305 fell and 1051 advanced, while 111 ended unchanged.
Shares in Axon Enterprise Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; gaining 18.39% or 54.24 to 349.24. Shares in Airbnb Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 13.38% or 17.46 to 113.01. Shares in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) fell to 5-year lows; down 3.63% or 0.72 to 18.99. Shares in Expion360 Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 52-week lows; down 68.08% or 0.18 to 0.08. Shares in G1 Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 66.12% or 2.81 to 7.06. Shares in DZS Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to 5-year lows; down 50.00% or 0.52 to 0.52.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.51% to 27.85.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.38% or 9.15 to $2,422.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.95% or 2.16 to hit $75.36 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 2.54% or 1.94 to trade at $78.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 1.71% to 146.77.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 102.97.
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