U.S. stocks traded mixed toward the end of trading, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 200 points on Tuesday.
The Dow traded up 0.46% to 43,661.51 while the NASDAQ fell 1.07% to 19,080.23. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.29% to 5,965.92.
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Consumer staples shares jumped by 1.3% on Tuesday.
In trading on Tuesday, energy shares fell by 1.3%.
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Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. (NASDAQ:KDP) shares gained around 2.5% on Tuesday following better-than-expected quarterly results.
The company reported fourth-quarter adjusted earnings per share of 58 cents, beating the street view of 57 cents. Quarterly sales of $4.07 billion (+5.2% year over year), outpaced the analyst consensus estimate of $4.02 billion.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 2.4% to $69.02 while gold traded down 1.3% at $2,924.50.
Silver traded down 2% to $31.95 on Tuesday, while copper rose 0.7% to $4.5470.
Euro zone
European shares were mixed today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 rose 0.15%, Germany's DAX 40 fell 0.07% and France's CAC 40 fell 0.49%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.80%, while London's FTSE 100 rose 0.11%.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed mostly lower on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei falling 1.39%, China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.80%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dipping 1.32% and India's BSE Sensex gaining 0.20%.
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