U.S. stocks closed with mixed results on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining 0.09%, while the S&P 500 index fell 0.16%, and the NASDAQ Composite index lost 0.31%. On the Dow Jones Industrial Average, top performers included Travelers Companies, International Business Machines, and Boeing Co. Meanwhile, Verizon Communications Inc, Intel Corporation, and Chevron Corp were among the worst performers. The S&P 500 saw Tesla Inc, Mondelez International Inc, and Seagate Technology PLC as the top performers, with Dollar Tree Inc, Centene Corp, and Molina Healthcare Inc leading as the worst performers. On the NASDAQ Composite, WiSA Technologies Inc, Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc, and 180 Life Sciences Corp were the top performers, while Athira Pharma Inc, BAIYU Holdings Inc, and Psyence Biomedical Ltd were among the worst performers. In trading, 1445 falling stocks outnumbered 1379 advancing ones on the New York Stock Exchange, while on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1845 fell and 1469 advanced. In commodities trading, Gold Futures rose to $2,526.10 a troy ounce, while Crude oil for delivery in October fell to $68.89 a barrel. The Euro to US Dollar exchange rate remained steady at 1.11, while the US Dollar Index Futures dropped to 101.24.