U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite gaining around 0.2% on Thursday.

Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.16% to 17,954.10 while the NASDAQ gained 0.43% to 18,002.24. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.03% to 5,707.82.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Information technology shares jumped by 1.3% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, materials shares dipped by 0.9%.

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The S&P Global services PMI was revised lower to 55.2 in September compared to a preliminary reading of 55.4, and versus a reading of 55.7 in August.

The S&P Global U.S. composite PMI sipped to 54 in September versus a preliminary reading...