Wednesday's S&P 500 Sector Recap: Hottest and Coldest Sectors

The S&P 500 (

) took a major hit in Wednesday's trading session, finishing down 27.05 points, or 2.03%, from Tuesday's close to 1304.89. The selling began just after the opening bell, and the index extended its losses throughout the session, closing near the low of the day (1303.49), as worries about the debt debacle continue to take their toll on the markets. Wednesday's decline was led by the Technology Sector, which lost 3% on the session. The strongest area of the market was the Utilities Sector, which put in a slight loss of 0.3%. The Sector breakdown for Wednesday's session is as follows:

1) Juniper Networks (NYSE:

): Shares of Juniper Networks finished down 20.9% from Tuesday's close to $24.66. 2) Tellabs (NASDAQ:

): Shares of Tellabs finished down 9% from Tuesday's close to $4.23. 3) JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ:

): Shares of JDS Uniphase finished down 8.1% from Tuesday's close to $13.78. 4) Corning (NYSE:

): Shares of Corning finished down 7.2% from Tuesday's close to $16.04. 5) MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE:

): Shares of MEMC finished down 6.2% from Tuesday's close to $7.57.

1) C.H. Robinson Worldwide (NASDAQ:

): Shares of C.H. Robinson finished down 8% from Tuesday's close to $73.88. 2) Emerson Electric (NYSE:

): Shares of Emerson Electric finished down 6.7% from Tuesday's close to $50.43. 3) Parker Hannifin (NYSE:

): Shares of Parker Hannifin finished down 5.6% from Tuesday's close to $79.93.

1) Total System Services (NYSE:

): Shares of Total System finished up 5.3% from Tuesday's close to $19.13. 2) Norfolk Southern (NYSE:

): Shares of Norfolk finished up 0.75% from Tuesday's close to $76.12. 3) Boeing (NYSE:

): Shares of Boeing finished up 0.7% from Tuesday's close to $70.63.

1) Allegheny Technologies (NYSE:

): Shares of Allegheny Technologies finished down 5% from Tuesday's close to $60.73. 2) Avery Dennison (NYSE:

): Shares of Avery Dennison finished down 4.2% from Tuesday's close to $31.65. 3) Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE:

): Shares of Alpha Natural finished down 3.6% from Tuesday's close to$43.64. 4) Alcoa (NYSE:

): Shares of Alcoa finished down 3.5% from Tuesday's close to $14.93. 5) AK Steel Holding (NYSE:

): Shares of AK Steel finished down 3% from Tuesday's close to $12.42.

1) T Rowe Price (NASDAQ:

): Shares of T Rowe Price finished down 6.8% from Tuesday's close to $55.97. 2) Genworth Financial (NYSE:

): Shares of Genworth finished down 5.4% from Tuesday's close to $7.95. 3) Moody's (NYSE:

): Shares of Moody's finished down 5.3% from Tuesday's close to $35.45.

1) Ace Limited (NYSE:

): Shares of Ace Limited finished up 3.8% from Tuesday's close to $68.38.

1) QEP Resources (NYSE:

): Shares of QEP finished down 4.8% from Tuesday's close to $43.00. 2) Denbury Resources (NYSE:

): Shares of Denbury finished down 4.4% from Tuesday's close to $19.80. 3) Newfield Exploration (NYSE:

): Shares of Newfield finished down 4.1% from Tuesday's close to $69.06.

1) Williams Companies (NYSE:

): Shares of Williams Companies finished up 4.8% from Tuesday's close to $32.10. 2) El Paso (NYSE:

): Shares of El Paso finished up 0.6% from Tuesday's close to $20.92.

1) Wellpoint (NYSE:

): Shares of Wellpoint finished down 6.6% from Tuesday's close to $68.70. 2) Humana (NYSE:

): Shares of Humana finished down 5.5% from Tuesday's close to $74.77. 3) Coventry Health Care (NYSE:

): Shares of Coventry finished down 4.9% from Tuesday's close to $34.35.

1) Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ:

): Shares of Gilead finished up 1.9% from Tuesday's close to $42.97. 2) Hospira (NYSE:

): Shares of Hospira finished up 0.6% from Tuesday's close to $52.40.

1) Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:

): Shares of Abercrombie finished down 4.5% from Tuesday's close to $73.60. 2) Urban Outfitters (NASDAQ:

): Shares of Urban Outfitters finished down 4.3% from Tuesday's close to $32.16. 3) SuperValu (NYSE:

): Shares of SuperValu finished down 4.1% from Tuesday's close to $8.74.

1) International Game Technology (NYSE:

): Shares of International Game Technology finished up 3.9% from Tuesday's close to $18.80. 2) Amazon.com (NASDAQ:

): Shares of Amazon finished up 3.9% from Tuesday's close to $222.52. 3) Wyndham Worldwide (NYSE:

): Shares of Wyndham finished up 1.6% from Tuesday's close to $34.73.

1) Harman International Industries (NYSE:

): Shares of Harman finished down 4.5% from Tuesday's close to $42.90. 2) Ford Motor (NYSE:

): Shares of Ford finished down 4.4% from Tuesday's close to $12.37. 3) Johnson Controls (NYSE:

): Shares of Johnson Controls finished down 4.1%from Tuesday's close to $37.20.

1) Clorox (NYSE:

): Shares of Clorox finished up 0.5% from Tuesday's close to $73.63.

1) American Tower (NYSE:

): Shares of American Tower finished down 2.9% from Tuesday's close to $51.22. 2) Leucadia National (NYSE:

): Shares of Leucadia finished down 2.8% from Tuesday's close to $33.02. 3) Metropcs Communications (NYSE:

): Shares of Metropcs finished down 2.7% from Tuesday's close to $16.45. 4) Frontier Communications (NYSE:

): Shares of Frontier finished down 2.1% from Tuesday's close to $7.51. 5) CenturyLink (NYSE:

): Shares of CenturyLink finished down 1.7% from Tuesday's close to $37.62.

1) CMS Energy (NYSE:

): Shares of CMS finished down 1.5% from Tuesday's close to $19.61. 2) NiSource (NYSE:

): Shares of NiSource finished down 1.3% from Tuesday's close to $20.36. 3) NextEra Energy (NYSE:

): Shares of NextEra finished down 1.2% from Tuesday's close to $1.2%

1) Exelon (NYSE:

): Shares of Exelon finished up 0.8% from Tuesday's close to $44.59. 2) Constellation Energy (NYSE:

): Shares of Constellation finished up 0.6% from Tuesday's close to $39.59. 3) PPL (NYSE:

): Shares of PPL finished up 0.5% from Tuesday's close to $28.63.