The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.60%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 1.49%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.54%

U.S. equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in NYSE, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.60%, while the S&P 500 index climbed 1.49%, and the NASDAQ Composite index climbed 1.54%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Dow Jones Industrial Average were Nike Inc, which rose 12.18% or 12.57 points to trade at 115.78 at the close. Boeing Co added 4.09% or 7.71 points to end at 196.00 and Caterpillar Inc was up 2.80% or 6.59 points to 241.73 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc, which lost 2.35% or 0.93 points to trade at 38.60 in late trade. Walt Disney Company declined 0.11% or 0.10 points to end at 86.92 and McDonald’s Corporation gained 0.34% or 0.91 points to 268.16.

The top performers on the S&P 500 were Nike Inc which rose 12.18% to 115.78, APA Corporation which was up 5.76% to settle at 46.67 and Etsy Inc which gained 5.69% to close at 134.33.

The worst performers were Host Hotels & Resorts Inc which was down 6.09% to 15.88 in late trade, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc which lost 2.35% to settle at 38.60 and Western Digital Corporation which was down 2.18% to 31.38 at the close.

The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Gorilla Technology Group Inc which rose 69.79% to 4.74, SINTX Technologies Inc which was up 57.16% to settle at 11.74 and Rekor Systems Inc which gained 56.45% to close at 0.93.

The worst performers were Pingtan Marine Enterprise Ltd which was down 99.97% to 0.00 in late trade, Meiwu Technology Co Ltd which lost 83.43% to settle at 0.32 and Core Scientific Inc which was down 75.53% to 0.05 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 2393 to 705 and 103 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 2469 rose and 1219 declined, while 186 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.

The CBOE Volatility Index, which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 6.56% to 20.07.