U.S. stocks higher at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average up 1.59%

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 gained 1.59%, while the index added 1.65%, and the index added 2.21%.

The best performers of the session on the were Chevron Corporation (N:), which rose 4.13% or 3.50 points to trade at 88.31 at the close. Meanwhile, Boeing Company (N:) added 3.32% or 3.74 points to end at 116.34 and Caterpillar Inc (N:) was up 3.14% or 2.05 points to 67.26 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Pfizer Inc (N:), which fell 0.60% or 0.18 points to trade at 29.63 at the close. McDonald`s Corporation (N:) declined 0.45% or 0.54 points to end at 118.64 and Verizon Communications Inc (N:) was up 0.12% or 0.06 points to 50.30.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Garmin Ltd (O:) which rose 16.55% to 41.06, CONSOL Energy Inc (N:) which was up 12.42% to settle at 8.87 and Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Inc (N:) which gained 12.40% to close at 7.16.

The worst performers were Cerner Corporation (O:) which was down 4.81% to 52.79 in late trade, Devon Energy Corporation (N:) which lost 4.37% to settle at 20.33 and FirstEnergy Corporation (N:) which was down 3.56% to 32.27 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Linn Energy LLC (O:) which rose 86.05% to 0.68, Linn Co LLC (O:) which was up 61.42% to settle at 0.2820 and Ultrapetrol Ltd (O:) which gained 43.14% to close at 0.1002.

The worst performers were IRSA Propiedades Comerciales SA (O:) which was down 100.00% to 0.000 in late trade, Dynatronics Corporation (O:) which lost 100.00% to settle at 0.000 and Eltek Ltd (O:) which was down 100.00% to 0.000 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 2744 to 620 and 29 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1895 rose and 786 declined, while 35 ended unchanged.

Shares in Cerner Corporation (O:) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.81% or 2.67 to 52.79. Shares in Devon Energy Corporation (N:) fell to 5-year lows; losing 4.37% or 0.93 to 20.33. Shares in IRSA Propiedades Comerciales SA (O:) fell to all time lows; losing 100.00% or 30.000 to 0.000. Shares in Dynatronics Corporation (O:) fell to all time lows; losing 100.00% or 3.010 to 0.000. Shares in Eltek Ltd (O:) fell to all time lows; down 100.00% or 1.170 to 0.000.

The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 7.42% to 22.32.

Gold for April delivery was up 0.15% or 1.80 to $1210.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 5.25% or 1.52 to hit $30.57 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 6.46% or 2.08 to trade at $34.26 a barrel.

EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1124, while USD/JPY fell 0.07% to 113.99.

The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 96.89.

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