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

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.69% to hit a new all time high, while the S&P 500 index climbed 0.61%, and the NASDAQ Composite index gained 1.29%.

The best performers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Salesforce Inc (NYSE: CRM ), which rose 11.05% or 36.62 points to trade at 368.05 at the close. Meanwhile, NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA ) added 3.48% or 4.88 points to end at 145.14 and Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN ) was up 2.21% or 4.72 points to 218.16 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE: VZ ), which fell 2.98% or 1.30 points to trade at 42.53 at the close. Chevron Corp (NYSE: CVX ) declined 2.22% or 3.60 points to end at 158.32 and Coca-Cola Co (NYSE: KO ) was down 2.06% or 1.31 points to 62.21.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Salesforce Inc (NYSE: CRM ) which rose 11.05% to 368.05, ServiceNow Inc (NYSE: NOW ) which was up 6.22% to settle at 1,123.13 and Edwards Lifesciences Corp (NYSE: EW ) which gained 5.70% to close at 74.20.

The worst performers were Arista Networks (NYSE: ANET ) which was down 74.56% to 105.43 in late trade, Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB ) which lost 6.24% to settle at 42.69 and Albemarle Corp (NYSE: ALB ) which was down 5.92% to 102.61 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Cyclerion Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: CYCN ) which rose 294.41% to 6.35, Bluebird bio Inc (NASDAQ: BLUE ) which was up 105.02% to settle at 0.74 and SMX Security Matters Ord Shs Class A (NASDAQ: SMX ) which gained 96.97% to close at 0.38.

The worst performers were Relmada Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: RLMD ) which was down 77.26% to 0.63 in late trade, Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc (NASDAQ: MIGI ) which lost 64.39% to settle at 0.68 and Oriental Rise Holdings Ltd (NASDAQ: ORIS ) which was down 32.97% to 8.01 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange by 1413 to 1391 and 85 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1765 rose and 1522 declined, while 138 ended unchanged.

Shares in Salesforce Inc (NYSE: CRM ) rose to all time highs; up 11.05% or 36.62 to 368.05. Shares in ServiceNow Inc (NYSE: NOW ) rose to all time highs; rising 6.22% or 65.81 to 1,123.13. Shares in Salesforce Inc (NYSE: CRM ) rose to all time highs; up 11.05% or 36.62 to 368.05. Shares in Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN ) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.21% or 4.72 to 218.16. Shares in Cyclerion Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: CYCN ) rose to 52-week highs; rising 294.41% or 4.74 to 6.35. Shares in Relmada Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: RLMD ) fell to 5-year lows; losing 77.26% or 2.14 to 0.63. Shares in Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc (NASDAQ: MIGI ) fell to 52-week lows; down 64.39% or 1.23 to 0.68.

The CBOE Volatility Index , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was up 1.13% to 13.45.

Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.22% or 5.92 to $2,673.82 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.86% or 1.30 to hit $68.64 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.71% or 1.26 to trade at $72.36 a barrel.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.05, while USD/JPY rose 0.69% to 150.63.

The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 106.34.