U.S. Stock Market Overview

Investing.com – U.S. stocks closed lower on Wednesday, with losses in the Consumer Goods, Financials, and Consumer Services sectors leading the downturn.

At the close in the NYSE:
– Dow Jones Industrial Average: declined 2.58% to a 1-month low.
– S&P 500: decreased by 2.95%.
– NASDAQ Composite: fell 3.62%.

Best Performers on Dow Jones

• Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH): +2.92% or 14.20 points to 499.72.
• Boeing Co (NYSE:BA): –0.28% or 0.48 points to 172.55.
• Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG): –0.73% or 1.25 points to 169.08.

Worst Performers on Dow Jones

• Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN): –4.60% or 10.63 points to 220.52.
• American Express (NYSE:AXP): –4.50% or 13.56 points to 287.78.
• Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS): –4.25% or 24.43 points to 550.25.

Top Performers on S&P 500

• Jabil Circuit (NYSE:JBL): +7.26% to 143.69.
• Cigna Corp (NYSE:CI): +6.30% to 282.31.
• Unitedhealth Group (NYSE:UNH): +2.92% to 499.72.

Worst Performers on S&P 500

• Paycom Software (NYSE:PAYC): –10.08% to 209.49.
• Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA): –8.24% to 440.33.
• BXP Inc (NYSE:BXP): –7.70% to 74.18.

Top Performers on NASDAQ Composite

• Snow Lake Resources (NASDAQ:LITM): +334.04% to 0.79.
• Nukkleus Inc (NASDAQ:NUKK): +327.53% to 50.79.
• Polyrizon Ltd (NASDAQ:PLRZ): +213.33% to 3.29.

Worst Performers on NASDAQ Composite

• XCHG Ltd ADR (NASDAQ:XCH): –90.78% to 2.15.
• Fitell Corp (NASDAQ:FTEL): –81.77% to 7.00.
• XChange TECINC DRC (NASDAQ:XHG): –52.28% to 0.75.

Falling stocks significantly outnumbered advancing ones:
– NYSE: 2662 fell vs. 195 advanced.
– NASDAQ: 2861 fell vs. 474 advanced.

Shares in XCHG Ltd ADR hit an all-time low, while Polyrizon Ltd reached an all-time high. The CBOE Volatility Index rose 74.04% to a new 3-month high of 27.62.

Commodities and Currencies

• Gold Futures for February delivery fell 2.23% to $2,602.61.
• Crude Oil for January: –0.83% to $69.50.
• Brent Oil for February: –0.40% to $72.90.
• EUR/USD: down 1.15% to 1.04.
• USD/JPY: rose 0.82% to 154.74.
• US Dollar Index Futures: up 1.09% at 107.82.