Benzinga | Apr 7, 2021 04:25PM EDT

The Nasdaq Eked Out A Win Today. Here's Why.

The Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 (NASDAQ:QQQ) finished slightly higher Wednesday, with the index seeing gains of 0.24% and closing at $331.62.

Here are the day's winners and losers from the QQQ, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

The leaders for the Nasdaq were in large part from the major tech and e-commerce names Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ:FB), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN).

Meanwhile, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA), JD.Com Inc (NASDAQ:JD) and Baidu Inc (NASDAQ:BIDU) were among the top losers in the QQQ.

Tesla shares were trading lower Wednesday on reports the company is delaying deliveries of new Model S and Model X electric vehicles.

In terms of the other major indices, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NASDAQ:SPY) finished slightly higher by 0.12% at $406.59. The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (NASDAQ:DIA) finished flat at $334.37.

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