Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the lost 1.70% to hit a new 3-month low, while the index lost 1.71%, and the index fell 1.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Walmart Inc (NYSE:), which rose 0.91% or 1.22 points to trade at 134.77 at the close. Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) fell 0.79% or 2.55 points to end at 320.71 and Chevron Corp (NYSE:) was down 0.81% or 1.27 points to 155.01 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:), which lost 3.39% or 6.04 points to trade at 171.95 in late trade. American Express Company (NYSE:) declined 3.11% or 4.77 points to end at 148.71 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:) shed 2.88% or 3.34 points to 112.49.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were General Mills Inc (NYSE:) which rose 5.72% to 79.72, Kellogg Company (NYSE:) which was up 2.01% to settle at 72.91 and DXC Technology Co (NYSE:) which gained 1.81% to close at 27.54.
The worst performers were Caesars Entertainment Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 8.04% to 41.54 in late trade, Warner Bros Discovery Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 7.49% to settle at 12.22 and Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE:) which was down 6.77% to 36.62 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Stabilis Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 73.67% to 8.84, Ecmoho Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was up 50.73% to settle at 0.17 and Evaxion Biotech AS (NASDAQ:) which gained 22.63% to close at 2.33.
The worst performers were ShiftPixy Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 36.55% to 13.66 in late trade, Sesen Bio Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 32.74% to settle at 0.45 and Integrated Media Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 29.54% to 0.73 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2313 to 820 and 133 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2683 fell and 1058 advanced, while 300 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 3.06% to 27.99 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.68% or 11.40 to $1,682.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.01% or 0.85 to hit $83.09 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.73% or 0.66 to trade at $89.96 a barrel.
EUR/USD was down 1.25% to 0.98, while USD/JPY rose 0.19% to 143.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.00% at 111.04.