the nasdaq composite turned higher midway through trading on wednesday the dow traded down 069 to 3456659 while the nasdaq rose 028 to 1414816 the sp also fell dropping 029 to 449857 also check this alphabet and 3 other stocks sold by insiders energy shares jumped by 21 on wednesday meanwhile top gainers in the sector included gran tierra energy inc nyse gte up 10 and bp prudhoe bay royalty trust nyse bpt up 10 in trading on wednesday health care shares fell by 1  general mills inc nyse gis reported betterthanexpected earnings for its third quarter and raised its fy22 outlook general mills posted adjusted earnings of 084 per share beating market expectations of 078 per share the company’s quarterly sales came in at 454 billion missing estimates of 456 billion general mills boosted its fy22 organic net sales growth guidance from 45 to 5 it also expects adjusted pershare profit between flat and a growth of 2 versus its prior range of a 2 drop to a 1 growth 4d pharma plc nasdaq lbps shares shot up 31 to 614 after the company announced the primary efficacy endpoint was met early in the renal cell carcinoma group in part b of the study of mrx0518 and keytruda shares of mogo inc nasdaq mogo got a boost shooting 20 to 29110 after the company reported q4 sales results were higher yearoveryear and announced a 10 million buyback allego nv nyse allg shares were also up gaining 130 to 1901 after the company announced the completion of its merger agreement with spartan acquisition corp which resulted in 98 of the company notes redeemed at the merger vote the company is also gaining retail investor interest vicor corporation nasdaq vicr shares tumbled 15 to 6593 cjs securities downgraded vicor from market outperform to market perform shares of codex dna inc nasdaq dnay were down 19 to 741 after the company reported worsethanexpected q4 eps results cue health inc nasdaq hlth was down falling 18 to 701 cue health recently partnered with albertsons companies for covid19 test kits also check out executives buy more than 12m of 3 stocks in commodity news oil traded up 3 to 11506 while gold traded up 05 to 193080 silver traded up 08 wednesday to 2511 while copper rose 13 to 47630 european shares were lower today the eurozone’s stoxx 600 fell 103 london’s ftse 100 slipped 02 while spain’s ibex 35 index fell 174 the german dax dropped 147 french cac 40 fell 134 and italy’s ftse mib index fell 109 annual inflation rate in the uk accelerated to 62 in february from 55 in january while headline rate of output prices rose to 101 yearoveryear in february mortgage applications in the us declined 81 in the week ended march 18th us new home sales fell 2 to an annual rate of 772000 in february us crude oil inventories declined by 2508 million barrels to 4134 million barrels in the week ended march 18th the energy information administration said the treasury will auction 20year bonds at 100 pm et check out this alphabet and 3 other stocks sold by insiders check out our premarket coverage here  the us has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the world reporting a total of 81476260 cases with around 999790 deaths india confirmed a total of at least 43012740 cases and 516630 deaths while brazil reported over 29683680 covid19 cases with 657770 deaths in total there were at least 474776970 cases of covid19 worldwide with more than 6123010 deaths