Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Healthcare and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.53% to hit a new 3-months high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.41%, and the NASDAQ Composite index added 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were 3M Company (NYSE:MMM), which rose 1.47% or 1.38 points to trade at 95.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) added 1.28% or 4.78 points to end at 377.85 and Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD) was up 1.27% or 3.87 points to 309.21 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:WBA), which fell 1.38% or 0.29 points to trade at 20.69 at the close. Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) declined 1.38% or 3.43 points to end at 245.98 and Walmart Inc (NYSE:WMT) was down 0.76% or 1.18 points to 154.68.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) which rose 3.09% to 41.64, Advanced Micro Devices Inc (NASDAQ:AMD) which was up 2.81% to settle at 122.51 and HP Inc (NYSE:HPQ) which gained 2.80% to close at 28.65.
The worst performers were Autodesk Inc (NASDAQ:ADSK) which was down 6.90% to 202.66 in late trade, Deere & Company (NYSE:DE) which lost 3.11% to settle at 370.74 and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which was down 2.90% to 234.21 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Impel Neuropharma Inc (NASDAQ:IMPL) which rose 143.44% to 0.78, AgileThought Inc (NASDAQ:AGIL) which was up 137.35% to settle at 0.20 and Presidio Property Trust (NASDAQ:SQFT) which gained 53.43% to close at 0.94.
The worst performers were Alpha Technology Group Ltd (NASDAQ:ATGL) which was down 32.65% to 13.80 in late trade, Entrada Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:TRDA) which lost 31.85% to settle at 11.36 and Hongli Group Inc (NASDAQ:HLP) which was down 30.19% to 3.70 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1845 to 1023 and 107 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2137 rose and 1296 declined, while 150 ended unchanged.
Shares in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) rose to all time highs; rising 1.28% or 4.78 to 377.85.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 3.75% to 12.85 a new 1-month low.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.50% or 10.05 to $1,991.55 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.26% or 0.98 to hit $76.79 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.96% or 0.79 to trade at $81.66 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.09, while USD/JPY rose 0.83% to 149.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 103.77.