On Wednesday, major U.S. stock indices closed lower, with the $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ dropping 0.4% to 41,091.42, and the S&P 500 falling 0.6% to 5,592.18. The Nasdaq saw a bigger decline, falling 1.1% to 17,556.03.

These are the top stocks that gained the attention of retail traders and investors throughout the day:

$NVIDIA (NVDA.US)$

The tech giant saw its shares drop by 2.10% to close at $125.61, with an intraday high and low of $128.33 and $122.64 respectively. Notably, the shares fell 6.9% in the after-hours trading to $116.95. Despite the dip, Nvidia reported a strong second-quarter performance, with earnings and revenue more than doubling from a year ago. The company's data center revenue played a significant role in boosting its topline, although the gross margin contracted from the first quarter.

$Affirm Holdings (AFRM.US)$

Affirm's stock fell by 2.86% to close at $31.58. The company reported strong fourth-quarter earnings and upbeat first-quarter guidance, with quarterly revenue coming in at $659 million, a 47.82% increase over the same period last year.

$CrowdStrike (CRWD.US)$

CrowdStrike's shares dipped by 2.09% to close at $264.2. The cybersecurity company reported second-quarter revenue of $963.9 million, beating the consensus estimate.

$Iris Energy (IREN.US)$

$IRIS (0010.MY)$ Energy's stock fell by 5.60% to close at $7.42. Despite the dip, the company reported record fiscal-year $Bitcoin (BTC.CC)$ (CRYPTO: BTC) mining revenue of $184.1 million.

$Tesla (TSLA.US)$

Tesla's shares also dipped, falling by 1.65% to $205.75. Longtime Tesla investor and Gerber $Kawasaki (3045.JP)$ Wealth CEO Ross Gerber sold approximately $60 million worth of Tesla shares, citing a lack of interest in the company's cars and robots.

This story was generated using Benzinga Neuro and edited by Shivdeep Dhaliwal