Wednesday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

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Wednesday’s Biggest Winners and Losers in the S&P 500

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June 21, 2017: The S&P 500 closed lower, down 0.06% at 2,435.73. The DJIA closed lower 0.26% at 21,411.54. Separately, the Nasdaq closed up 0.7% at 6,233.95.

Wednesday was a mixed day for the U.S. broad markets with each seemingly doing something different. The S&P 500 was relatively flat, the Dow was down, and the Nasdaq was incredibly positive. As we said the markets were mixed and so was the sector performance. Health care and tech stocks lead the charge higher—a big boost to the Nasdaq. Crude oil continued to get beat up this week with the price per barrel dropping again and sending oil & gas stocks lower. Industrials felt the sting from this too. Financial stocks were mostly negative on the day as well.

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Crude continued to dive lower, and some think that it is headed for the $30’s. It was last trading down about 2% at $42.58.

Gold was last seen up 0.3% at $1,247.50.

The S&P 500 stock posting the largest daily percentage loss ahead of the close Wednesday was Frontier Communications Corp. (NASDAQ: FTR) which traded down over 8% at $1.12. The stock’s 52-week range is $1.10 to $5.22. Volume was over 47 million versus the daily average of 41.4 million shares.

The stock posting the largest daily percentage gain in the S&P 500 ahead of the close Wednesday was CA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CA) which rose over 13% to $35.73. The stock’s 52-week range is $30.01 to $36.54. Volume was about 15 million on the day compared to the average of 2.5 million.

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Chris Lange is a writer for 24/7 Wall St., based in Houston. He has covered financial markets over the past decade with an emphasis on healthcare, tech, and IPOs. During this time, he has published thousands of articles with insightful analysis across these complex fields. Currently, Lange's focus is on military and geopolitical topics.

Lange's work has been quoted or mentioned in Forbes, The New York Times, Business Insider, USA Today, MSN, Yahoo, The Verge, Vice, The Intelligencer, Quartz, Nasdaq, The Motley Fool, Fox Business, International Business Times, The Street, Seeking Alpha, Barron’s, Benzinga, and many other major publications.

A graduate of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, Lange majored in business with a particular focus on investments. He has previous experience in the banking industry and startups.

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