U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite moving higher on Tuesday.

The Dow traded down 0.04% to 44,765.78 while the NASDAQ rose 0.11% to 19,424.83. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.02% to 6,046.23.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Communication services shares jumped by 0.2% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, industrials shares fell by 0.8%.

Top Headline

The number of job openings rose by 372,000 to 7.744 million in October compared to a revised reading of 7.372 million in September and higher than market estimates of 7.48 million.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 2.3% to $69.64 while gold traded up 0.1% at $2,659.40.

Silver traded up 1.2% to $31.245 on Tuesday, while copper rose 1.6% to $4.1965.

Euro zone

European shares were higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 gained 0.36%, Germany's DAX climbed 0.31% and France's CAC 40 rose 0.13%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 1.10%, while London's FTSE 100 rose 0.66%.

Retail sales in the UK fell 3.4% in November compared to market estimates of a 0.7% gain.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed higher on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 gaining 1.91%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gaining 1%, China's Shanghai Composite Index climbing 0.44% and India's BSE Sensex gaining 0.74%.

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