U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining around 0.1% on Wednesday. The Dow traded up 0.09% to 39,801.45 while the NASDAQ fell 0.12% to 17,167.36. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.01% to 5,433.69. Leading and Lagging Sectors Financials shares climbed by 0.4% on Tuesday. In trading on Tuesday, communication services shares fell 0.8%. Top Headline Headline CPI inflation fell from 3% in June to 2.9% in July 2024 on a year-over-year basis, falling short of the consensus forecast of 3% tracked by TradingEconomics. On a monthly basis, inflation increased by 0.2% in Ju…