U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 250 points on Wednesday.

The Dow traded down 0.56% to 45,456.80 while the NASDAQ rose 0.12% to 21,905.19. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.30% to 6,532.40.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Information technology shares jumped by 2.2% on Wednesday.

In trading on Wednesday, consumer staples stocks fell by 1.3%.

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U.S. producer prices declined 0.1% month-over-month in August compared to a revised 0.7% gain in July and versus market expectations of a 0.3% rise.

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  • Wearable Devices Ltd. (NASDAQ:WLDS) shares shot up 577% to $6.87 after the company reported a year-over-year increase in H1 EPS results. Also, the company announced it secured a patent for ‘Gesture …

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