U.S. stocks traded higher midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining over 450 points on Tuesday.

The Dow traded up 1.07% to 43,951.84 while the NASDAQ rose 0.71% to 19,770.38. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.85% to 6,047.41.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Utilities shares surged by 1.6% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, energy shares fell by 0.6%.

Top Headline

D.R. Horton, Inc. (NYSE:DHI) reported better-than-expected first-quarter results.

Sales fell 1% year-over-year to $7.61 billion, beating the consensus of $7.08 billion. EPS was $2.61, beating the consensus of $2.44.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded down 2.3% to $76.09 while gold traded down 0.1% at $2,748.20.

Silver traded up 0.6% to $31.335 on Tuesday, while copper fell 1.4% to $4.3070.

Euro zone

European shares were mostly higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 surged 0.16%, Germany's DAX 40 rose 0.05% and France's CAC 40 gained 0.33%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 0.15%, while London's FTSE 100 gained 0.07%.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mixed on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 gaining 0.32%, China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.05%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index climbing 0.91% and India's BSE Sensex falling 1.60%.

Economics

No major economic reports are scheduled for release today.

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