U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.14% By Investing.com

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the lost 0.14%, while the index fell 0.20%, and the index lost 0.25%.

The best performers of the session on the were Nike Inc (NYSE:), which rose 2.73% or 2.42 points to trade at 91.06 at the close. Meanwhile, Visa Inc Class A (NYSE:) added 1.20% or 2.23 points to end at 187.88 and UnitedHealth Group Incorporated (NYSE:) was up 0.72% or 3.78 points to 526.95 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:), which fell 1.81% or 5.70 points to trade at 309.17 at the close. JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:) declined 1.21% or 1.35 points to end at 110.42 and Dow Inc (NYSE:) was down 1.09% or 0.51 points to 46.11.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Illumina Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 6.56% to 218.52, Schlumberger NV (NYSE:) which was up 6.37% to settle at 41.61 and Gap Inc (NYSE:) which gained 5.19% to close at 9.72.

The worst performers were Lumen Technologies Inc (NYSE:) which was down 9.33% to 7.29 in late trade, Enphase Energy Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 9.25% to settle at 261.60 and Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:) which was down 6.29% to 22.49 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Chardan Nextech Acquisition 2 Corp (NASDAQ:) which rose 106.02% to 21.90, Nauticus Robotics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 96.27% to settle at 6.32 and Pineapple Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 93.01% to close at 2.76.

The worst performers were Bit Brother Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 42.97% to 0.18 in late trade, Avenue Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 41.59% to settle at 8.47 and Scienjoy Holding Corp (NASDAQ:) which was down 36.99% to 1.38 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2101 to 992 and 101 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2317 fell and 1448 advanced, while 168 ended unchanged.

Shares in Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:) fell to 5-year lows; falling 6.29% or 1.51 to 22.49. Shares in Chardan Nextech Acquisition 2 Corp (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; up 106.02% or 11.27 to 21.90. Shares in Scienjoy Holding Corp (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 36.99% or 0.81 to 1.38.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.79% to 28.55.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.29% or 5.05 to $1,725.45 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.76% or 1.52 to hit $88.04 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.07% or 1.90 to trade at $93.70 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.97% to 0.99, while USD/JPY rose 0.35% to 144.60.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.01% at 111.09.