U.S. stocks traded mostly higher midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 1% on Tuesday.
The Dow traded up 1.25% to 52,860.91 while the NASDAQ slipped 0.01% to 24,928.70. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.34% to 7,438.49.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Consumer staples shares jumped by 3.6% on Tuesday.
In trading on Tuesday, information technology stocks fell by 2.5%.
Top Headline
The Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) stock gained around 5% in Tuesday’s session after the aerospace company reported second-quarter 2026 results.
Boeing posted an adjusted loss of 76 cents per share, wider than the 30-cent loss estimate, while revenue rose 8% year over year to $24.56 billion, beating the $24.245 billion estimate.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 5.4% to $78.17 while gold traded down 0.38 at $4,055.50.
Silver traded down 1.7% to $57.705 on Tuesday, while copper fell 0.2% to $6.3672.
Euro zone
European shares were mixed today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 rose 0.1%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index slipped 0.1% London’s FTSE 100 rose 0.6%, Germany’s DAX fell 0.1%, while France’s CAC 40 gained 0.3%.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed mostly lower on Tuesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 dipping 3.95%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index surging 0.41%, China’s Shanghai Composite declining 1.16% and India’s BSE Sensex slipping 0.09%.
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