U.S. stocks mixed at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.22%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Healthcare , Industrials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher while losses in the Technology , Oil & Gas and Utilities sectors led shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.22%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.14%, and the NASDAQ Composite index fell 0.07%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH ), which rose 2.00% or 10.27 points to trade at 524.52 at the close. Meanwhile, Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO ) added 1.36% or 0.83 points to end at 61.67 and 3M Company (NYSE:MMM ) was up 1.33% or 1.76 points to 134.53 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ ), which fell 2.71% or 3.96 points to trade at 142.27 at the close. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS ) declined 1.46% or 1.63 points to end at 109.76 and Merck & Company Inc (NYSE:MRK ) was down 1.16% or 1.17 points to 99.85.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY ) which rose 9.81% to 69.37, Boston Scientific Corp (NYSE:BSX ) which was up 4.30% to settle at 95.95 and CarMax Inc (NYSE:KMX ) which gained 3.55% to close at 81.93.

The worst performers were Edison International (NYSE:EIX ) which was down 10.18% to 69.50 in late trade, Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA ) which lost 9.17% to settle at 43.17 and ON Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:ON ) which was down 7.05% to 58.31 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were JX Luxventure Ltd (NASDAQ:JXG ) which rose 222.03% to 3.80, CURRENC Group Inc (NASDAQ:CURR ) which was up 182.01% to settle at 3.92 and Sana Biotechnology Inc (NASDAQ:SANA ) which gained 160.61% to close at 4.30.

The worst performers were DatChat Inc (NASDAQ:DATS ) which was down 64.05% to 3.21 in late trade, Jasper Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:JSPR ) which lost 60.53% to settle at 6.99 and XTI Aerospace Inc (NASDAQ:XTIA ) which was down 55.74% to 0.05 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1539 to 1225 and 95 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2322 fell and 999 advanced, while 90 ended unchanged.

Shares in eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY ) rose to 3-years highs; up 9.81% or 6.20 to 69.37. Shares in Boston Scientific Corp (NYSE:BSX ) rose to all time highs; up 4.30% or 3.96 to 95.95. Shares in ON Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ:ON ) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.05% or 4.42 to 58.31. Shares in Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ ) fell to 3-years lows; down 2.71% or 3.96 to 142.27.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 0.67% to 17.70.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.53% or 14.21 to $2,679.61 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.27% or 0.94 to hit $73.31 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract fell 1.14% or 0.88 to trade at $76.17 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.03, while USD/JPY rose 0.23% to 158.41.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 108.86.

Source: Investing.com