U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 700 points on Tuesday.Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded up 1.35% to 53,895.93 while the NASDAQ rose 1.09% to 26,196.71. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.57% to 7,643.66.Leading and Lagging SectorsInformation technology shares jumped by 2.4% on Tuesday.In trading on Tuesday, energy stocks fell by 2.5%.Top HeadlinePfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) reported better-than-expected earnings for the second quarter on Tuesday.The company posted quarterly earnings of 77 cents per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of 69 cents per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $15.034 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $14.412 billion.Equities Trading UP Equities Trading DOWNCommoditiesIn commodity news, oil traded down 4.2% to $76.99 while gold traded up 0.8% at $4,122.50.Silver traded up 3.4% to $59.835 on Tuesday, while copper rose 1.6% to $6.6450.Euro zoneEuropean shares were higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 gained 0.7%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index rose 0.2% London’s FTSE 100 gained 0.4%, Germany’s DAX gained 0.7%, while France’s CAC 40 gained 0.3%.Asia Pacific MarketsAsian markets closed mixed on Tuesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 gaining 0.32%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index falling 0.60%, China’s Shanghai Composite rising 0.33% and India’s BSE Sensex falling 0.27%.Economics