U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 200 points on Wednesday.

The Dow traded up 0.39% to 52,201.98 while the NASDAQ rose 0.09% to 26,401.25.

The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.11% to 7,519.28.

Leading and Lagging Sectors Industrials shares jumped by 0.9% on Wednesday.

In trading on Wednesday, communication services stocks fell by 1.7%.