U.S. stocks traded mostly higher midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 200 points on Wednesday.
The Dow traded up 0.40% to 52,432.64 while the NASDAQ declined 0.01% to 25,834.80. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.20% to 7,524.26.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Utilities shares jumped by 1.8% on Wednesday.
In trading on Wednesday, information technology stocks fell by 0.6%.
Top Headline
GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV) shares fell around 6% on Wednesday after the company reported mixed second-quarter financial results.
GE Vernov reported quarterly earnings of $2.47 per share which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $3.13 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $11.104 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $10.734 billion.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 2.1% to $86.06 while gold traded up 1.8% at $4,149.80.
Silver traded up 2.5% to $60.565 on Wednesday, while copper fell 0.5% to $6.5200.
Euro zone
European shares were higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 rose 0.8%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index rose 1.3% London’s FTSE 100 rose 1.5%, Germany’s DAX gained 0.6%, while France’s CAC 40 surged 1.1%.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed mostly lower on Wednesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 falling 0.18%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index falling 0.95%, China’s Shanghai Composite rising 0.07% and India’s BSE Sensex falling 0.92%.
Economics
The volume of mortgage applications surged by 1.9% in the week ending July 17.
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