U.S. Markets Finished Mixed Wednesday As Bloom Energy Led, Builders FirstSource Lagged

U.S. stock indexes closed mixed Wednesday as the added 0.57%. Meanwhile, the declined 0.10%, and the declined 0.33%.

The of small-cap stocks rose 0.28%, while the Cboe Volatility Index was down 3.30%.

Among companies with at least $10 billion in market value, Bloom Energy Corp. (BE), was the biggest leader during the session, increasing 8.71%, and Hologic Inc. (HOLX) increased 7.69%. Workday Inc. Cl A (WDAY) rounded out the top three leaders on Wednesday, with shares adding 7.25%.

Builders FirstSource Inc. (BLDR) posted the largest decline, declining 5.58%, followed by Elbit Systems Ltd. (ESLT) shares, which fell 5.52%. Shares of Uber Technologies Inc. (UBER) declined 4.96%.

In commodities news, Brent crude oil futures were down 0.07%, and gold futures were down 0.79%. climbed 0.09% to $115,792.

The 10-Year Treasury yield rose to 4.077%.

Stock indexes in Asia were mixed, with Japan’s NIKKEI 225 Index down 0.25% and China’s Shanghai Composite Index up 0.37%.

In Europe, indexes were mixed, with the STOXX Europe 600 Index declining 0.03% and the FTSE 100 Index increasing 0.14% from the previous close.

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