U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining over 150 points on Tuesday.

Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded up 0.14% to 53,493.53 while the NASDAQ climbed 0.73% to 26,169.74. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.42% to 7,684.82.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Information technology shares jumped by 1% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, energy stocks fell by 0.9%.