U.S. Indexes Closed Up Wednesday; GE Vernova Led Increases

Stock indexes in the U.S. closed up Wednesday with the rising 1.05%. Meanwhile, the gained 0.67%, and the increased 0.33%.

Small-cap stocks, as per the , increased 1.36%, while the Cboe Volatility Index was down 6.97%.

Among companies with at least $10 billion in market value, GE Vernova Inc. (GEV), was the biggest leader during the session, surging 15.62%, and EchoStar Corp. (SATS) jumped 11.16%. AST SpaceMobile Inc. (ASTS) rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares rising 8.53%.

AeroVironment Inc. (AVAV) posted the largest decline, tumbling 12.85%, followed by Venture Global Inc. (VG) shares, which fell 8.37%. Shares of Bloom Energy Corp. (BE) dropped 7.45%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were up 0.69%, and gold futures were up 0.53%. slipped 0.14% to $92,346.

The 10-Year Treasury yield fell to 4.156%.

Stock indexes in Asia were down, with Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index dropping 0.10% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.23%.

In Europe, indexes rose, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index gaining 0.07% and the FTSE 100 Index increasing 0.14% from the previous close.

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