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Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.14%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 1.11%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.46%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 3.59% or 11.74 points to trade at 338.49 at the close. Meanwhile, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) added 3.19% or 12.41 points to end at 401.02 and Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) was up 2.68% or 4.26 points to 163.16 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which fell 0.78% or 1.19 points to trade at 150.81 at the close. International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) declined 0.73% or 1.86 points to end at 251.35 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) was down 0.18% or 0.30 points to 165.12.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) which rose 15.94% to 35.21, Celanese Corporation (NYSE:CE) which was up 12.69% to settle at 54.33 and Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc (NYSE:HII) which gained 12.36% to close at 193.59.
The worst performers were CrowdStrike Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:CRWD) which was down 6.34% to 365.44 in late trade, Marathon Petroleum Corp (NYSE:MPC) which lost 5.26% to settle at 135.12 and Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:VLO) which was down 4.58% to 121.76 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Visionary Education Technology Holdings Group Inc (NASDAQ:GV) which rose 184.23% to 3.69, Chimerix Inc (NASDAQ:CMRX) which was up 70.56% to settle at 8.46 and ARB IOT Group Ltd (NASDAQ:ARBB) which gained 60.88% to close at 0.84.
The worst performers were Cutera Inc (NASDAQ:CUTR) which was down 63.26% to 0.12 in late trade, Li Bang International Corporation Inc (NASDAQ:LBGJ) which lost 31.50% to settle at 1.37 and Exicure Inc (NASDAQ:XCUR) which was down 30.32% to 9.95 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1878 to 904 and 78 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2219 rose and 1076 declined, while 128 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cutera Inc (NASDAQ:CUTR) fell to all time lows; falling 63.26% or 0.20 to 0.12. Shares in Chimerix Inc (NASDAQ:CMRX) rose to 3-years highs; up 70.56% or 3.50 to 8.46.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.72% to 21.93.
Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.27% or 7.99 to $2,928.59 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 2.78% or 1.90 to hit $66.36 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract fell 2.32% or 1.65 to trade at $69.39 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 1.59% to 1.08, while USD/JPY fell 0.56% to 148.91.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 1.36% at 104.25.
