U.S. stocks traded slightly higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 0.1% on Wednesday.Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded up 0.09% to 52,045.29 while the NASDAQ rose 0.33% to 26,462.69. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.05% to 7,514.84.Leading and Lagging SectorsInformation technology shares jumped by 0.7% on Wednesday.In trading on Wednesday, communication services stocks fell by 1.1%.Top HeadlineCarMax (NYSE:KMX) reported better-than-expected earnings for the first quarter on Wednesday.The company posted quarterly earnings of $1.31 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of 94 cents per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $8.014 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $7.410 billion.Equities Trading UP Equities Trading DOWNCommoditiesIn commodity news, oil traded up 0.9% to $76.74 while gold traded down 0.1% at $4,348.00.Silver traded down 0.4% to $69.715 on Wednesday, while copper fell 0.1% to $6.4980.Euro zoneEuropean shares were mixed today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 gained 0.4%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.7%. London's FTSE 100 fell 0.1%, Germany's DAX slipped 0.1%, while France's CAC 40 rose 0.3%.Asia Pacific MarketsAsian markets closed mostly higher on Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 gaining 0.72%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index falling 0.74%, China's Shanghai Composite rising 0.40% and India's BSE Sensex climbing 0.45%.Economics