U.S. stocks traded slightly higher this morning, with the Dow Jones gaining around 0.1% on Wednesday.

Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded up 0.05% to 49,485.07 while the NASDAQ gained 0.20% to 23,594.64. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.12% to 6,952.97.

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Health care shares gained by 1.4% on Wednesday.

In trading on Wednesday, materials stocks dipped by 1%.

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Shares of UniFirst Corp (NYSE:UNF) fell around 4% on Wednesday after the company posted mixed results for the first quarter.

The company posted adjusted earnings of $1.97 per share, missing market estimates of $2.06 [er share. The company’s quarterly sales came in at $621.318 million versus expectations of $615.253 million.

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