U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 0.5% on Wednesday.

Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded down 0.10% to 38,465.33 while the NASDAQ rose 0.51% to 15,775.95. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.19% to 5,080.34.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Consumer discretionary shares climbed by 1% on Wednesday.

In trading on Wednesday, industrials shares fell by 0.5%.

Top Headline

Shares of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) gained around 10% during Wednesday's session following the release of quarterly results.

Tesla posted weaker-than-expected earnings and sales results for its first quarter on Tuesday. The company reported first-quarter revenue of $21.3 billion, which missed a Street consensus estimate of $22.15 billion.

The electric vehicle giant also announced plans to speed up the launch of new models.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded down 0.7% to $82.79 while gold traded down 0.5% at $2,329.40.

Silver traded down 0.7% to $27.16 on Wednesday, while copper rose 0.5% to $4.4560.

Euro zone

European shares were mostly higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 rose 0.2%, London's FTSE 100 rose 0.5% while Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 0.1% The German DAX gained 0.3% French CAC 40 rose 0.4% while Italy's FTSE MIB Index gained 0.1%.

The Ifo Business Climate indicator for Germany climbed to 89.4 in April, topping market estimates of 88.9.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mostly higher on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 gaining 2.42%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gaining 2.21%, China's Shanghai Composite climbing 0.76% and India's S&P BSE Sensex gaining 0.16%.

Australia’s inflation rate fell to 3.6% year-over-year in the first quarter from 4.1% in the previous period.

Economics

U.S. mortgage applications declined by 2.7% from the prior week in the period ending April 19.

New orders for manufactured durable goods rose by 2.6% month-over-month in March compared to a revised 0.7% gain in February.

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