Crude Oil Rises Sharply; Torrid Holdings Shares Plunge

U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index falling around 0.2% on Wednesday.

The Dow traded down 0.18% to 43,011.70 while the NASDAQ gained 0.20% to 19,953.27. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.02% to 6,093.14.

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Leading and Lagging SectorsInformation technology shares jumped by 0.8% on Wednesday.

In trading on Wednesday, real estate stocks fell by 1.3%.

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U.S. crude oil inventories declined by 5.836 million barrels in the week ended June 20, compared to market estimates of a 0.75 million barrel fall.

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Plus Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:PSTV) shares shot up 59% to $0.2968 after the company announced FDA clearance of its investigational new drug application for REYOBIQ to treat childhood brain cancer.

Shares of QuantumScape Corporation (NYSE:QS) got a boost, surging 36% to $5.88 after the company ...