U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 250 points on Wednesday.

Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded up 0.56% to 46,011.86 while the NASDAQ fell 0.36% to 22,252.63. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.04% to 6,604.37.

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Leading and Lagging SectorsConsumer staples shares jumped by 1.1% on Wednesday.

In trading on Wednesday, information technology stocks fell by 0.7%.

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U.S. housing starts dipped 8.5% month-over-month to an annual rate of 1.307 million units in August, following a revised 1.429 million in the previous month and down from market estimates of 1.37 million.

Building permits declined by 3.7% to an annualized rate of 1.312 million in August.

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