Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the gained 0.14%, while the index gained 0.42%, and the index gained 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which rose 2.00% or 0.42 points to trade at 21.41 at the close. Meanwhile, McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE:) added 1.43% or 4.08 points to end at 289.71 and 3M Company (NYSE:) was up 1.20% or 1.53 points to 129.23 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were American Express Company (NYSE:), which fell 2.68% or 6.78 points to trade at 246.30 at the close. Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:) declined 0.44% or 2.58 points to end at 578.07 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) was down 0.29% or 0.75 points to 261.09.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE:) which rose 13.88% to 157.81, Target Corporation (NYSE:) which was up 11.20% to settle at 159.25 and TJX Companies Inc (NYSE:) which gained 6.11% to close at 120.23.
The worst performers were Franklin Resources Inc (NYSE:) which was down 12.56% to 19.78 in late trade, American Express Company (NYSE:) which lost 2.68% to settle at 246.30 and Cooper Companies Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 2.33% to 93.66 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were GD Culture Group Ltd (NASDAQ:) which rose 128.49% to 3.93, Revelation Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 100.96% to settle at 2.09 and Stronghold Digital Mining Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 82.25% to close at 5.34.
The worst performers were Bimi International Medical Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 35.42% to 0.31 in late trade, ENDRA Life Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 32.27% to settle at 0.45 and Eyenovia Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 31.62% to 0.47 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2111 to 720 and 92 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2289 rose and 1004 declined, while 153 ended unchanged.
Shares in Franklin Resources Inc (NYSE:) fell to 3-years lows; falling 12.56% or 2.84 to 19.78. Shares in TJX Companies Inc (NYSE:) rose to all time highs; rising 6.11% or 6.92 to 120.23. Shares in 3M Company (NYSE:) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.20% or 1.53 to 129.23. Shares in ENDRA Life Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 32.27% or 0.21 to 0.45. Shares in Eyenovia Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 31.62% or 0.22 to 0.47.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 2.46% to 16.27.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.02% or 0.50 to $2,550.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.67% or 1.22 to hit $71.95 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.42% or 1.10 to trade at $76.10 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.19% to 1.12, while USD/JPY fell 0.04% to 145.19.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 101.04.
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