us stocks traded higher midway through trading with the nasdaq gaining more than 200 points on tuesday the dow traded up 101 to 3327646 while the nasdaq rose 192 to 1282276 the sp also rose gaining 129 to 422706 also check this executives sell more than 25m of 4 stocks consumer discretionary shares climbed by 27 on tuesday meanwhile top gainers in the sector included new oriental education  technology group inc nyse edu up 19 and shift technologies inc nasdaq sft up 13 in trading on tuesday energy shares fell by 39 us producer prices rose 08 from a month ago in february versus a revised 12 increase in the previous month and slightly below analysts’ estimates of 09 incannex healthcare limited nasdaq ixhl shares shot up 97 to 4500 after jumping 54 on monday incannex healthcare recently completed a preliminary analysis of data from its phase 2 trial of a cannabinoid combination product ihl42x for obstructive sleep apnoea osa shares of cano health inc nyse cano got a boost shooting 15 to 612 following q4 results cootek cayman inc nyse ctk shares were also up gaining 17 to 02301 after the company reported q4 earnings results evolv technologies holdings inc nasdaq evlv shares tumbled 39 to 18290 after the company reported q4 results and issued weak fy22 sales outlook stifel downgraded evolv technologies from buy to hold and lowered the price target from 10 to 2 shares of better therapeutics inc nasdaq bttx were down 27 to 294 better therapeutics said data from its pivotal trial of bt001 an investigational pdt platform that is designed to use digitally delivered ncbt to treat type 2 diabetes demonstrated clinically meaningful and statistically significant results in improving glycemic control by reducing a1c 04 versus the control group receiving standard of care ani pharmaceuticals inc nasdaq anip was down falling 21 to 2813 after the company reported downbeat q4 earnings and issued weak fy22 sales forecast also check out insiders buying these 4 penny stocks in commodity news oil traded down 87 to 9409 while gold traded down 26 to 191020 silver traded down 18 tuesday to 24845 while copper fell 07 to 44920 european shares were lower today the eurozone’s stoxx 600 fell 085 london’s ftse 100 fell 088 while spain’s ibex 35 index fell 045 the german dax dropped 072 french cac 40 dropped 091 and italy’s ftse mib index fell 052 french consumer price inflation rate accelerated to 36 yearoveryear in february from 29 in the prior month the uk unemployment rate fell to 39 during the three months to january 2022 recording the lowest level in two years while number of people in work dropped by 12000 on quarter to 32493 million us producer prices rose 08 from a month ago in february the new york empire state manufacturing index dropped 15 points to a reading of 118 in march the treasury international capital report for january will be released at 400 pm et check out this insiders buy around 21m of 3 stocks check out the full economic calendar here the us has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world reporting a total of 81216260 cases with around 991030 deaths india confirmed a total of at least 42996060 cases and 516000 deaths while brazil reported over 29382190 covid19 cases with 655320 deaths in total there were at least 460312530 cases of covid19 worldwide with more than 6068420 deaths