Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.67%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.69%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Boeing Co (NYSE:BA), which rose 2.46% or 4.48 points to trade at 186.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) added 1.97% or 2.10 points to end at 109.10 and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was up 1.78% or 8.51 points to 485.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:CRM), which fell 2.55% or 5.97 points to trade at 228.15 at the close. Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK) declined 0.97% or 1.03 points to end at 104.63 and Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:HON) was down 0.54% or 1.03 points to 189.99.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Teradyne Inc (NASDAQ:TER) which rose 6.98% to 179.38, Dell Technologies Inc (NYSE:DELL) which was up 5.83% to settle at 133.26 and Newmont Goldcorp Corp (NYSE:NEM) which gained 4.93% to close at 90.52.
The worst performers were Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) which was down 5.76% to 469.46 in late trade, Intuit Inc (NASDAQ:INTU) which lost 2.94% to settle at 629.02 and ServiceNow Inc (NYSE:NOW) which was down 2.74% to 802.72 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Lion Group Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:LGHL) which rose 1,543.33% to 7.12, SMX Security Matters Ord Shs Class A (NASDAQ:SMX) which was up 194.42% to settle at 17.40 and Pasithea Therapeutics Corp (NASDAQ:KTTA) which gained 117.39% to close at 1.06.
The worst performers were Lazydays Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:GORV) which was down 45.31% to 0.42 in late trade, Mingzhu Logistics Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:YGMZ) which lost 34.15% to settle at 0.12 and Kaixin Auto Holdings (NASDAQ:KXIN) which was down 30.83% to 0.14 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1923 to 819 and 94 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2108 rose and 1275 declined, while 148 ended unchanged.
Shares in Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) rose to all time highs; up 1.97% or 2.10 to 109.10. Shares in Lazydays Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:GORV) fell to all time lows; down 45.31% or 0.35 to 0.42. Shares in Mingzhu Logistics Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:YGMZ) fell to all time lows; losing 34.15% or 0.06 to 0.12. Shares in Kaixin Auto Holdings (NASDAQ:KXIN) fell to all time lows; down 30.83% or 0.06 to 0.14.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.33% to 17.20.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.76% or 31.60 to $4,196.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.83% or 0.48 to hit $58.59 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.07% or 0.66 to trade at $62.46 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.16, while USD/JPY rose 0.26% to 156.46.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 99.52.








