Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Healthcare, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.01%, while the S&P 500 index declined 0.23%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC), which rose 3.26% or 1.85 points to trade at 58.56 at the close. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS) added 3.00% or 6.06 points to end at 207.90 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) was up 2.88% or 3.20 points to 114.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which fell 4.69% or 3.64 points to trade at 73.92 at the close. International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) declined 4.15% or 6.03 points to end at 139.11 and Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) was down 2.54% or 1.04 points to 39.88.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) which rose 12.25% to 79.08, United Continental Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:UAL) which was up 4.78% to settle at 89.24 and Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) which gained 4.09% to close at 122.81.
The worst performers were Bank of New York Mellon (NYSE:BK) which was down 9.52% to 48.35 in late trade, Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ALXN) which lost 8.08% to settle at 125.87 and DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc (NYSE:DVA) which was down 7.72% to 51.05 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Ideal Power Inc (NASDAQ:IPWR) which rose 100.49% to 0.821, Uxin Ltd (NASDAQ:UXIN) which was up 50.26% to settle at 2.93 and Neovasc Inc (NASDAQ:NVCN) which gained 31.16% to close at 0.540.
The worst performers were Up Fintech Holding Ltd (NASDAQ:TIGR) which was down 27.59% to 15.93 in late trade, Workhorse Group Inc (NASDAQ:WKHS) which lost 19.89% to settle at 0.5111 and Novan Inc (NASDAQ:NOVN) which was down 20.63% to 0.65 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1784 to 1191 and 117 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1734 fell and 920 advanced, while 70 ended unchanged.
Shares in Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) rose to 3-years highs; rising 12.25% or 8.63 to 79.08. Shares in Kansas City Southern (NYSE:KSU) rose to 3-years highs; up 4.09% or 4.82 to 122.81. Shares in Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.26% or 1.85 to 58.56. Shares in Novan Inc (NASDAQ:NOVN) fell to all time lows; falling 20.63% or 0.17 to 0.65.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.45% to 12.60.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.08% or 1.00 to $1276.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.47% or 0.30 to hit $63.75 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $71.62 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1297, while USD/JPY fell 0.01% to 112.03.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 96.648.