U.S. stocks traded slightly higher this morning, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 20 points on Wednesday.
Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded up 0.08% to 37,575.13 while the NASDAQ rose 0.17% to 15,099.84. The S&P 500 also rose, gaining, 0.07% to 4,777.93.
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Consumer discretionary shares jumped by 0.5% on Wednesday.
In trading on Wednesday, financial shares fell by 0.2%.
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Coherus BioSciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHRS) announced FDA approval of UDENYCA ONBODY for pegfilgrastim-cbqv.
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First Wave BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: FWBI) shares shot up 236% to $12.35 after the company announced that it entered a non-binding term sheet to sell its Niclosamide program for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases.