U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.33% 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 fell 0.33%, while the index fell 0.67%, and the index declined 0.85%.

The best performers of the session on the were The Travelers Companies Inc (NYSE:), which rose 4.44% or 7.40 points to trade at 174.17 at the close. Meanwhile, Chevron Corp (NYSE:) added 3.28% or 5.33 points to end at 168.05 and Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:) was up 0.96% or 1.23 points to 129.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:), which fell 3.32% or 9.47 points to trade at 275.59 at the close. Dow Inc (NYSE:) declined 2.70% or 1.25 points to end at 45.13 and JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:) was down 1.93% or 2.29 points to 116.55.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 13.09% to 272.38, Intuitive Surgical Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 8.99% to settle at 211.14 and Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE:) which gained 5.37% to close at 124.02.

The worst performers were Generac Holdings Inc (NYSE:) which was down 25.29% to 110.37 in late trade, M&T Bank Corp (NYSE:) which lost 13.89% to settle at 163.06 and Northern Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:) which was down 9.15% to 79.59 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Mullen Automotive Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 57.12% to 0.34, Scopus Biopharma Inc (NASDAQ:) which was up 51.59% to settle at 0.37 and SenesTech Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 46.55% to close at 0.34.

The worst performers were Olaplex Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 56.69% to 4.24 in late trade, Agrify Corp (NASDAQ:) which lost 42.44% to settle at 2.55 and Sientra Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 37.36% to 0.38 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2347 to 788 and 104 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2739 fell and 1079 advanced, while 173 ended unchanged.

Shares in Generac Holdings Inc (NYSE:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 25.29% or 37.37 to 110.37. Shares in Northern Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:) fell to 52-week lows; falling 9.15% or 8.02 to 79.59. Shares in Olaplex Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 56.69% or 5.55 to 4.24. Shares in Agrify Corp (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 42.44% or 1.88 to 2.55. Shares in Sientra Inc (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; losing 37.36% or 0.23 to 0.38.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 0.89% to 30.77.

Gold Futures for December delivery was down 1.31% or 21.75 to $1,634.05 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 3.23% or 2.65 to hit $84.72 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 2.54% or 2.29 to trade at $92.32 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.79% to 0.98, while USD/JPY rose 0.43% to 149.90.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.73% at 112.81.