U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite falling over 50 points on Thursday.Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.04% to 54,373.37 while the NASDAQ fell 0.24% to 26,299.39. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.01% to 7,723.23.Leading and Lagging SectorsEnergy shares jumped by 1.3% on Thursday.In trading on Thursday, information technology stocks fell by 0.5%.Top HeadlineUS Foods Holding Corp (NYSE:USFD) reported better-than-expected earnings for the second quarter.The company posted quarterly earnings of $1.44 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $1.36 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $10.532 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $10.461 billion.Equities Trading UP Equities Trading DOWNCommoditiesIn commodity news, oil traded up 1.1% to $76.05 while gold traded up 0.3% at $4,315.80.Silver traded down 0.7% to $61.835 on Thursday, while copper rose 0.7% to $6.7765.Euro zoneEuropean shares were higher today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 gained 0.4%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index rose 1.1% London’s FTSE 100 gained 0.1%, Germany’s DAX gained 0.2%, while France’s CAC 40 climbed 0.7%.Asia Pacific MarketsAsian markets closed mixed on Thursday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 falling 0.93%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index falling 1.49%, China’s Shanghai Composite rising 0.57% and India’s BSE Sensex rising 0.48%.Economics