U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling by more than 100 points on Wednesday.

The Dow traded down 0.18% to 43,188.94 while the NASDAQ fell 0.71% to 18,853.10. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.64% to 5,879.40.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares rose by 0.4% on Wednesday.

In trading on Wednesday, consumer discretionary shares fell by 0.9%.

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TJX Companies, Inc.(NYSE:TJX) reported better-than-expected earnings for its third quarter on Wednesday

The company reported third-quarter earnings per share of $1.14 (+11%), beating the street view of $1.09. Quarterly sales of $14.06 billion (+6%) beat the analyst consensus estimate of $13.95 billion. TJX Companies...