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 declined 0.25%, while the index declined 0.29%, and the index lost 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the were Apple Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 1.80% or 3.90 points to trade at 220.69 at the close. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) added 0.78% or 0.72 points to end at 93.58 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:) was up 0.55% or 0.43 points to 79.03 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:), which fell 3.26% or 0.70 points to trade at 20.77 at the close. Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:) declined 1.27% or 2.60 points to end at 201.64 and American Express Company (NYSE:) was down 1.21% or 3.22 points to 262.18.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were West Pharmaceutical Services Inc (NYSE:) which rose 4.50% to 309.18, VF Corporation (NYSE:) which was up 3.86% to settle at 19.11 and Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 2.95% to close at 75.67.
The worst performers were ResMed Inc (NYSE:) which was down 5.12% to 238.03 in late trade, Avery Dennison Corp (NYSE:) which lost 4.92% to settle at 209.36 and Sysco Corporation (NYSE:) which was down 4.17% to 74.54 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 182.09% to 1.40, Plum Acquisition I Corp (NASDAQ:) which was up 131.13% to settle at 12.25 and Portage Biotech Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 118.76% to close at 9.91.
The worst performers were Galmed Pharmaceuticals Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 54.30% to 6.90 in late trade, Datasea Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 31.97% to settle at 2.00 and Kineta Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 30.69% to 0.57 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1538 to 1261 and 109 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1866 fell and 1406 advanced, while 149 ended unchanged.
Shares in Plum Acquisition I Corp (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; rising 131.13% or 6.95 to 12.25.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.52% to 18.23.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.36% or 9.30 to $2,583.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.13% or 0.79 to hit $69.17 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 1.03% or 0.76 to trade at $72.94 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.11, while USD/JPY fell 0.08% to 142.28.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 100.64.
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