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Investing.com – United States equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Dow Jones Technology, Dow Jones Basic Materials and Dow Jones Consumer Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Dow Jones Oil & Gas, Dow Jones Utilities and Dow Jones Telecommunications sectors led shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.22%, while the S&P 500 index added 0.01%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK), which rose 1.46% or 1.13 points to trade at 78.27 at the close. Sherwin-Williams Co (NYSE:SHW) added 1.25% or 4.46 points to end at 362.22 and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) was up 0.74% or 1.52 points to 207.23 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which fell 1.54% or 2.15 points to trade at 137.40 in late trade. Travelers Companies (NYSE:TRV) declined 1.52% or 4.21 points to end at 271.86 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ) down 1.35% or 0.59 points to 43.24.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were ON Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:ON) which rose 6.16% to 50.29, NXP Semiconductors NV (NASDAQ:NXPI) which was up 5.56% to settle at 210.02 and FMC Corporation (NYSE:FMC) which gained 5.05% to close at 42.24.
The worst performers were Dollar Tree Inc (NASDAQ:DLTR) which was down 8.43% to 88.57 in late trade, CrowdStrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CRWD) which lost 5.77% to settle at 460.56 and Constellation Energy Corp (NASDAQ:CEG) which was down 4.31% to 299.53 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Mullen Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:MULN) which rose 198.70% to 16.10, K Wave Media Ltd (NASDAQ:KWM) which was up 133.33% to settle at 4.48 and Liminatus Pharma Inc (NASDAQ:LIMN) which gained 123.77% to close at 12.71.
The worst performers were CTRL Group Ltd (NASDAQ:MCTR) which was down 53.19% to 15.40 in late trade, Ptl Inc (NASDAQ:PTLE) which lost 43.63% to settle at 0.41 and ReShape Lifesciences Inc (NASDAQ:RSLS) which was down 28.44% to 4.83 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 1421 to 1329 and 86 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1671 rose and 1637 declined, while 124 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
Shares in Ptl Inc (NASDAQ:PTLE) fell to all time lows; falling 43.63% or 0.32 to 0.41.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.51% to 17.60.
Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.64% or 21.50 to $3,398.60 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.07% or 0.68 to hit $62.73 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.20% or 0.79 to trade at $64.84 a barrel.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.43% to 1.14, while USD/JPY fell 0.79% to 142.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 98.75.