Penn National And Ulta Beauty Lead The S&P 500 Higher Wednesday

U.S. indices had a mixed day of trading Wednesday as investors await the Fed's Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium starting Thursday. 

• The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY closed higher by 0.21% to $448.91
• The Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 QQQ gained 0.11% to $374.80
• The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust DIA gained by 0.12% to $354.16

Here are the day's winners and losers from the S&P 500, according to data from Benzinga Pro.

Penn National Gaming, Inc PENN, Western Digital Corp WDC and Ulta Beauty Inc ULTA were among the top gainers for the SPY Wednesday.

Gap Inc GPS, Nucor Corporation NUE and Campbell Soup Company CPB were among the top losers for the S&P 500.

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