U.S. stocks traded mostly higher midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 1% on Tuesday.
The Dow traded up 1.25% to 52,860.91 while the NASDAQ slipped 0.01% to 24,928.70. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.34% to 7,438.49.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
Consumer staples shares jumped by 3.6% on Tuesday.
In trading on Tuesday, information technology stocks fell by 2.5%.






