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 0.15%, while the index added 0.25%, and the index added 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:), which rose 1.61% or 7.25 points to trade at 457.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:) added 1.57% or 0.62 points to end at 40.08 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:) was up 1.25% or 4.37 points to 353.87 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Boeing Co (NYSE:), which fell 1.91% or 3.40 points to trade at 174.99 at the close. Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:) declined 1.67% or 8.18 points to end at 481.05 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) was down 1.13% or 0.35 points to 30.63.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 6.34% to 16.11, Teradyne Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 4.84% to settle at 151.75 and United Rentals Inc (NYSE:) which gained 4.13% to close at 644.89.
The worst performers were Ball Corporation (NYSE:) which was down 6.29% to 62.26 in late trade, Lennar Corporation (NYSE:) which lost 4.98% to settle at 148.72 and West Pharmaceutical Services Inc (NYSE:) which was down 4.17% to 322.07 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Comtech Telecommunications Corp (NASDAQ:) which rose 87.56% to 4.07, Actelis Networks Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 84.35% to settle at 2.12 and NLS Pharmaceutics AG (NASDAQ:) which gained 82.13% to close at 0.27.
The worst performers were Solidion Technology Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 64.35% to 0.69 in late trade, DermTech Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 56.24% to settle at 0.15 and Zentalis Pharmaceuticals Llc (NASDAQ:) which was down 50.66% to 4.14 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 0 to 0; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 0 fell and 0 advanced.
Shares in Teradyne Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.84% or 7.01 to 151.75. Shares in DermTech Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 56.24% or 0.19 to 0.15. Shares in Zentalis Pharmaceuticals Llc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 50.66% or 4.25 to 4.14.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.46% to 12.48.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.18% or 4.20 to $2,342.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $80.64 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.07% or 0.06 to trade at $85.27 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.07, while USD/JPY rose 0.13% to 158.06.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 104.88.
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