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 gained 0.09%, while the index gained 0.01%, and the index climbed 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the were Salesforce Inc (NYSE:), which rose 3.18% or 8.61 points to trade at 279.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:) added 1.54% or 9.01 points to end at 592.31 and American Express Company (NYSE:) was up 0.86% or 2.32 points to 270.92 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nike Inc (NYSE:), which fell 6.77% or 6.03 points to trade at 83.10 at the close. Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:) declined 2.32% or 2.66 points to end at 112.08 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) was down 1.32% or 0.30 points to 22.39.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:) which rose 5.27% to 42.95, Super Micro Computer Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 3.58% to settle at 42.00 and Salesforce Inc (NYSE:) which gained 3.18% to close at 279.48.
The worst performers were Humana Inc (NYSE:) which was down 11.79% to 246.49 in late trade, Conagra Brands Inc (NYSE:) which lost 8.07% to settle at 30.08 and Nike Inc (NYSE:) which was down 6.77% to 83.10 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Sobr Safe Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 9,452.09% to 6.40, American Rebel Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 370.49% to settle at 3.93 and Kaixin Auto Holdings (NASDAQ:) which gained 171.43% to close at 0.34.
The worst performers were Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 39.89% to 2.14 in late trade, Aditx Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 39.24% to settle at 2.70 and New Horizon Aircraft Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 35.48% to 0.27 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1492 to 1301 and 98 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1693 fell and 1560 advanced, while 124 ended unchanged.
Shares in Humana Inc (NYSE:) fell to 3-years lows; losing 11.79% or 32.96 to 246.49. Shares in Sobr Safe Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to all time lows; rising 9,452.09% or 6.33 to 6.40. Shares in Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 39.89% or 1.42 to 2.14. Shares in Aditx Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 39.24% or 1.74 to 2.70. Shares in New Horizon Aircraft Ltd (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; falling 35.48% or 0.15 to 0.27.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.87% to 18.90.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.35% or 9.30 to $2,681.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.68% or 1.17 to hit $71.00 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.59% or 1.17 to trade at $74.73 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.10, while USD/JPY rose 2.00% to 146.43.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 101.36.
