U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.11%

Investing.com – U.S. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the added 0.11%, while the index added 0.29%, and the index climbed 0.44%.

The best performers of the session on the were United Technologies Corporation (NYSE:), which rose 1.31% or 1.90 points to trade at 147.27 at the close. Meanwhile, Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) added 1.02% or 1.49 points to end at 147.59 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) was up 0.85% or 2.29 points to 270.77 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Home Depot Inc (NYSE:), which fell 1.81% or 3.90 points to trade at 212.00 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE:) declined 1.41% or 1.66 points to end at 116.23 and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ:) was down 0.68% or 0.40 points to 58.01.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:) which rose 4.69% to 109.29, Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (NYSE:) which was up 4.56% to settle at 12.84 and Applied Materials Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 4.27% to close at 59.04.

The worst performers were Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:) which was down 3.79% to 21.60 in late trade, General Mills Inc (NYSE:) which lost 3.12% to settle at 51.58 and L Brands Inc (NYSE:) which was down 2.97% to 17.30 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were CTI Industries Corporation (NASDAQ:) which rose 150.80% to 1.48, Forward Pharma A S (NASDAQ:) which was up 69.91% to settle at 9.60 and Bellicum Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 40.72% to close at 1.13.

The worst performers were Correvio Pharma Corp (NASDAQ:) which was down 67.14% to 0.460 in late trade, Iterum Therapeutics PLC (NASDAQ:) which lost 36.33% to settle at 3.12 and Sienna Biopharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 34.79% to 0.13 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1743 to 1066 and 105 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1418 rose and 1240 declined, while 81 ended unchanged.

Shares in Skyworks Solutions Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.69% or 4.90 to 109.29. Shares in Apple Inc (NASDAQ:) rose to all time highs; up 0.85% or 2.29 to 270.77. Shares in Correvio Pharma Corp (NASDAQ:) fell to all time lows; down 67.14% or 0.940 to 0.460.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 4.40% to 14.99.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.76% or 11.20 to $1479.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.73% or 0.43 to hit $58.81 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.11% or 0.07 to trade at $63.90 a barrel.

EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1132, while USD/JPY unchanged 0.00% to 108.54.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 97.127.

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