U.S. stocks traded higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 50 points on Wednesday.
Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded up 0.17% to 42,591.06 while the NASDAQ rose 0.34% to 19,465.31. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.27% to 5,986.07.
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Communication services shares jumped by 1% on Wednesday.
In trading on Wednesday, utilities stocks fell by 0.6%.
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Shares of Dollar Tree Inc. (NASDAQ:DLTR) fell more than 10% on Wednesday after its first-quarter 2025 earnings report.
Net sales increased 11.3% to $4.6 billion, beating the consensus of $4.53 billion and the management guidance of $4.5 billion—$4.6 billion.
Same-store net sales increased 5.4%, driven by a 2.5% increase in traffic and a 2.8% increase in average ticket, beating the management guidance growth of 3% – 5%. Dollar Tree reported adjusted earnings of $1.26 per share, beating the analyst estimate of $1.21, better than management expectation of $1.10 – $1.25.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 0.2% to $63.26 while gold traded up 0.8% at $3,402.30.
Silver traded up 0.1% to $34.665 on Wednesday, while copper rose 1.1% to $4.8865.
Euro zone
European shares were mostly higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 gained 0.5%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 0.2%. London's FTSE 100 rose 0.3%, Germany's DAX 40 gained 0.6% and France's CAC 40 rose 0.7% during the session.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed higher on Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei gaining 0.80%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index jumping 0.60%, China's Shanghai Composite gaining 0.42% and India's BSE Sensex gaining 0.32%.
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