GE Vernova was the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 Wednesday. Sheldon Cooper / SOPA Images / LightRocket / Getty Images Close Key Takeaways Major U.S. equities indexes ticked higher Wednesday, with Nvidia (NVDA) rising 2.9% to lead chip stocks higher ahead of the AI darling's highly anticipated quarterly results after the bell. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average inched up 0.1% and the Nasdaq advanced 0.6%. See here for Investopedia's full daily market summary. Shares of GE V ...