U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling around 150 points on Wednesday.

The Dow traded down 0.79% to 37,417.28 while the NASDAQ fell 1.01% to 14,616.58. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.78% to 4,705.94.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares rose by 0.6% on Wednesday.

In trading on Wednesday, real estate shares fell by 2.2%.

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