U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining over 400 points on Tuesday.The Dow traded up 0.84% to 52,105.00 while the NASDAQ fell 0.71% to 26,494.43. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.28% to 7,533.27.Leading and Lagging SectorsUtilities shares jumped by 1.2% on Tuesday.In trading on Tuesday, information technology stocks fell by 0.5%.Top HeadlineJohn Wiley & Sons Inc (NYSE:WLY) shares fell more than 6% on Tuesday after the company reported mixed fourth-quarter financial results.John Wiley & Sons reported quarterly earnings of $1.67 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.65 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $447.941 million which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $450.000 million.Equities Trading UP Equities Trading DOWNCommoditiesIn commodity news, oil traded down 5.1% to $76.64 while gold traded up 0.1% at $4,355.10.Silver traded up 0.2% to $70.290 on Tuesday, while copper rose 0.4% to $6.5215.Euro zoneEuropean shares were higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 gained 0.3%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.4%. London's FTSE 100 rose 0.7%, Germany's DAX gained 0.3%, while France's CAC 40 rose 0.8%.Asia Pacific MarketsAsian markets closed mixed on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 gaining 0.13%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index falling 1.40%, China's Shanghai Composite declining 0.11% and India's BSE Sensex climbing 0.74%.Economics