U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 100 points on Wednesday.

The Dow traded down 0.24% to 44,750.49 while the NASDAQ fell 0.96% to 18,991.03. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.49% to 5,991.97.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Real estate shares jumped by 1% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, information technology shares fell by 1.8%.

Top Headline

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by 1.844 million barrels in the week ended Nov. 22, compared to market estimates of a 1.1 million fall.

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