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 added 0.31%, while the index gained 1.07%, and the index gained 2.15%.
The best performers of the session on the were American Express Company (NYSE:), which rose 3.57% or 8.76 points to trade at 254.18 at the close. Meanwhile, Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) added 3.48% or 0.66 points to end at 19.64 and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:) was up 2.77% or 4.97 points to 184.52 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Travelers Companies (NYSE:), which fell 3.16% or 7.55 points to trade at 231.30 at the close. Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:) declined 2.18% or 3.87 points to end at 173.92 and Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:) was down 1.55% or 9.28 points to 589.75.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 15.19% to 239.84, Albemarle Corp (NYSE:) which was up 13.58% to settle at 89.30 and The AES Corporation (NYSE:) which gained 8.64% to close at 17.86.
The worst performers were Humana Inc (NYSE:) which was down 5.26% to 328.19 in late trade, Conagra Brands Inc (NYSE:) which lost 4.03% to settle at 31.47 and Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:) which was down 3.84% to 49.14 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Allarity Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 3,215.79% to 3.78, Utime Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was up 1,870.25% to settle at 0.79 and CN Energy Group Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 366.44% to close at 1.39.
The worst performers were Telesis Bio Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 55.26% to 1.70 in late trade, Laser Photonics Corp Unit (NASDAQ:) which lost 40.87% to settle at 5.41 and MDJM Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 37.16% to 0.69 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1592 to 1197 and 112 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1735 rose and 1558 declined, while 136 ended unchanged.
Shares in Telesis Bio Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 55.26% or 2.10 to 1.70. Shares in Utime Ltd (NASDAQ:) rose to all time lows; up 1,870.25% or 0.75 to 0.79. Shares in MDJM Ltd (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 37.16% or 0.41 to 0.69.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.29% to 17.69.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.05% or 1.30 to $2,541.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.33% or 1.53 to hit $67.28 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 2.07% or 1.43 to trade at $70.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.03% to 1.10, while USD/JPY fell 0.02% to 142.40.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 101.70.
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