U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 500 points on Wednesday.

The Dow traded down 1.30% to 38,376.37 while the NASDAQ fell 1.11% to 16,126.44. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 1.15% to 5,150.00.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares fell by 0.3% on Wednesday.

In trading on Wednesday, real estate shares tumbled by 4.1%.

Top Headline

U.S. crude oil inventories increased by 5.841 million barrels in the week ended April 5, compared to market estimates of a 2.366 million gain.

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