U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.19% By Investing.com

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 0.19%, while the index lost 0.39%, and the index fell 0.58%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the were Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:), which rose 4.24% or 0.87 points to trade at 21.38 at the close. Boeing Co (NYSE:) added 1.18% or 2.76 points to end at 236.92 and 3M Company (NYSE:) was up 1.12% or 1.14 points to 102.83 in late trade.

Biggest losers included American Express Company (NYSE:), which lost 1.81% or 3.09 points to trade at 167.59 in late trade. Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:) declined 1.55% or 0.65 points to end at 41.27 and Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:) shed 1.22% or 1.94 points to 156.61.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Campbell Soup Company (NYSE:) which rose 7.18% to 43.27, Carnival Corporation (NYSE:) which was up 5.91% to settle at 17.48 and Bath & Body Works Inc. (NYSE:) which gained 4.94% to close at 36.99.

The worst performers were Brown Forman (NYSE:) which was down 10.37% to 53.98 in late trade, First Solar Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 6.50% to settle at 145.29 and Old Dominion Freight Line Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 5.55% to 372.89 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were MicroAlgo Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 295.87% to 9.58, Sera Prognostics Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 161.43% to settle at 5.49 and Altamira Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:) which gained 54.70% to close at 0.56.

The worst performers were Webuy Global Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 60.84% to 2.33 in late trade, Neurosense Therapeutics Ltd (NASDAQ:) which lost 35.84% to settle at 0.72 and Starbox Group Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 34.45% to 0.14 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1468 to 1408 and 88 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1779 fell and 1702 advanced, while 108 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.93% to 12.97.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.38% or 7.65 to $2,043.95 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 4.29% or 3.10 to hit $69.22 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 3.87% or 2.99 to trade at $74.21 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 1.08, while USD/JPY rose 0.15% to 147.37.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 104.14.