Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 2.50%, while the S&P 500 index gained 2.30%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 2.95%.
The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT), which rose 4.95% or 6.17 points to trade at 130.77 at the close. Meanwhile, Boeing Co (NYSE:BA) added 4.86% or 15.47 points to end at 333.50 and Visa Inc (NYSE:V) was up 4.02% or 5.47 points to 141.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:VZ), which fell 0.97% or 0.59 points to trade at 60.06 at the close. United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:UTX) added 0.04% or 0.05 points to end at 122.73 and DowDuPont Inc (NYSE:DWDP) was up 0.07% or 0.04 points to 57.22.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Salesforce.com Inc (NYSE:CRM) which rose 10.27% to 140.64, Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE) which was up 7.30% to settle at 249.21 and Align Technology Inc (NASDAQ:ALGN) which gained 6.74% to close at 235.59.
The worst performers were Tiffany & Co (NYSE:TIF) which was down 11.82% to 92.54 in late trade, JM Smucker Company (NYSE:SJM) which lost 7.24% to settle at 101.28 and Patterson Companies Inc (NASDAQ:PDCO) which was down 5.73% to 24.66 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Gaming Partners (NASDAQ:GPIC) which rose 70.80% to 13.13, Alliqua BioMedical Inc (NASDAQ:ALQA) which was up 60.24% to settle at 2.660 and Ferroglobe PLC (NASDAQ:GSM) which gained 25.56% to close at 2.26.
The worst performers were Evine Live Inc (NASDAQ:EVLV) which was down 37.02% to 0.661 in late trade, Stein Mart Inc (NASDAQ:SMRT) which lost 27.87% to settle at 1.32 and Arsanis Inc (NASDAQ:ASNS) which was down 25.73% to 3.06 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2480 to 588 and 83 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2068 rose and 585 declined, while 86 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tiffany & Co (NYSE:TIF) fell to 52-week lows; falling 11.82% or 12.41 to 92.54. Shares in Gaming Partners (NASDAQ:GPIC) rose to 5-year highs; rising 70.80% or 5.44 to 13.13. Shares in Evine Live Inc (NASDAQ:EVLV) fell to 52-week lows; falling 37.02% or 0.389 to 0.661.
The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 2.79% to 18.49.
Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.64% or 7.80 to $1227.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.50% or 1.29 to hit $50.27 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 2.35% or 1.42 to trade at $58.98 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.72% to 1.1369, while USD/JPY fell 0.14% to 113.62.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.56% at 96.735.