U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 0.1% on Wednesday.The Dow traded up 0.32% to 50,621.00 while the NASDAQ rose 0.14% to 26,692.26. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.08% to 7,525.18.Leading and Lagging SectorsConsumer discretionary shares jumped by 1.9% on Wednesday.In trading on Wednesday, energy stocks fell by 1.3%.Top HeadlineDycom Industries Inc (NYSE:DY) shares jumped around 29% on Wednesday as the company reported better-than-expected first-quarter sales results and raised its FY27 sales guidance above estimates.Dycom Industries reported quarterly earnings of $4.42 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.964 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.670 billion.Equities Trading UP Equities Trading DOWNCommoditiesIn commodity news, oil traded down 5.4% to $88.87 while gold traded down 1.4% at $4,440.20.Silver traded down 2.3% to $74.855 on Wednesday, while copper fell 0.5% to $6.3680.Euro zoneEuropean shares were mixed today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 0.1%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.4%. London's FTSE 100 fell 0.1%, Germany's DAX slipped 0.1%, while France's CAC 40 surged 0.5%.Asia Pacific MarketsAsian markets closed mostly lower on Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 gaining 0.005%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index declining 1.06%, China's Shanghai Composite falling 1.25% and India's BSE Sensex declining 0.19%Economics