US Stocks Mixed; UniFirst Shares Fall After Q3 Results

U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 50 points on Wednesday.

Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded down 0.22% to 44,398.83 while the NASDAQ gained 0.25% to 20,252.83. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.02% to 6,196.53.

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Leading and Lagging SectorsMaterials shares jumped by 0.5% on Wednesday.

In trading on Wednesday, health care stocks fell by 0.6%.

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Shares of UniFirst Corporation (NYSE:UNF) fell over 2% after the company reported mixed results for the third quarter on Wednesday.

The company posted quarterly earnings of $2.17 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.09 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $610.778 million ...