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 rose 0.04%, while the index climbed 0.16%, and the index climbed 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the were Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 3.90% or 7.26 points to trade at 193.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) added 1.96% or 4.09 points to end at 213.16 and Boeing Co (NYSE:) was up 1.94% or 3.40 points to 178.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Amgen Inc (NASDAQ:), which fell 2.03% or 6.49 points to trade at 312.82 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE:) declined 1.58% or 2.51 points to end at 155.95 and Travelers Companies (NYSE:) was down 1.43% or 2.98 points to 205.74.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were FedEx Corporation (NYSE:) which rose 15.53% to 296.19, Albemarle Corp (NYSE:) which was up 8.10% to settle at 100.28 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 4.83% to close at 196.40.
The worst performers were Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (NYSE:) which was down 97.99% to 65.86 in late trade, Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 11.01% to settle at 122.45 and Aptiv PLC (NYSE:) which was down 7.93% to 67.54 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Singular Genomics Systems Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 3,727.59% to 11.10, ANEW Medical Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 119.39% to settle at 3.62 and CareMax Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 79.47% to close at 3.41.
The worst performers were Bluejay Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 40.73% to 1.63 in late trade, GRI Bio Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 38.38% to settle at 1.83 and Lyell Immunopharma Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 36.03% to 1.30 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1538 to 1263 and 132 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1687 rose and 1647 declined, while 141 ended unchanged.
Shares in FedEx Corporation (NYSE:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 15.53% or 39.81 to 296.19. Shares in Aptiv PLC (NYSE:) fell to 3-years lows; falling 7.93% or 5.82 to 67.54. Shares in Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; up 3.90% or 7.26 to 193.60. Shares in Singular Genomics Systems Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3,727.59% or 10.81 to 11.10. Shares in Bluejay Diagnostics Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 40.73% or 1.12 to 1.63. Shares in GRI Bio Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 38.38% or 1.14 to 1.83. Shares in Lyell Immunopharma Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 36.03% or 0.74 to 1.30.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.26% to 12.55.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.94% or 21.80 to $2,309.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.21% or 0.17 to hit $80.66 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.01% or 0.01 to trade at $84.21 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 1.07, while USD/JPY rose 0.69% to 160.79.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 105.73.
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