U.S. shares lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average unchanged

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Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Utilities and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average unchanged 0% to hit a new 6-month low, while the S&P 500 index lost 1.84%, and the NASDAQ Composite index unchanged 0%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 133.42 at the close. Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 163.36 and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) was unchanged 0% or 0 points to 45.04 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO), which unchanged 0% or 0 points to trade at 57.21 in late trade. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) unchanged 0% or 0 points to end at 287.93 and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) 0% or 0 points to 167.30.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Molson Coors Brewing Co Class B (NYSE:TAP) which unchanged 0% to 49.00, Cadence Design Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CDNS) which was unchanged 0% to settle at 134.95 and Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) which unchanged 0% to close at 343.56.

The worst performers were Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) which was unchanged 0% to 856.98 in late trade, Moderna Inc (NASDAQ:MRNA) which unchanged 0% to settle at 145.74 and Carnival Corporation (NYSE:CCL) which was unchanged 0% to 22.17 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Imperial Petroleum Inc (NASDAQ:IMPP) which unchanged 0% to 0.49, Revelation Biosciences Inc (NASDAQ:REVB) which was unchanged 0% to settle at 1.47 and Stealth BioTherapeutics Corp (NASDAQ:MITO) which unchanged 0% to close at 0.5701.

The worst performers were Kodiak Sciences Inc (NASDAQ:KOD) which was unchanged 0% to 52.59 in late trade, Esports Entertainment Group Inc (NASDAQ:GMBL) which unchanged 0% to settle at 2.97 and Kaltura Inc (NASDAQ:KLTR) which was unchanged 0% to 3.08 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 2350 to 895 and 140 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2874 fell and 949 advanced, while 231 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was unchanged 0% to 27.75.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.63% or 12.05 to $1911.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 3.68% or 3.32 to hit $93.53 a barrel, while the May Brent oil contract rose 2.10% or 1.95 to trade at $94.94 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0% to 1.1312, while USD/JPY unchanged 0% to 114.74.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 96.112.