U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 200 points on Tuesday.

Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.50% to 43,498.72 while the NASDAQ fell 0.55% to 20,062.78. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.49% to 6,044.48.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Health care shares rose by 0.3% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, energy shares fell by 1.2%.

Top Headline

U.S. retail sales rose 0.7% month-over-month in November compared to a revised 0.5% gain in the previous month and above market estimates of 0.5%.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded down 1.1% to $69.94 while gold traded down 0.5% at $2,657.90.

Silver traded down 1.1% to $30.720 on Tuesday, while copper fell 1.1% to $4.1450.

Euro zone

European shares were mostly lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 0.5%, Germany's DAX fell 0.2% and France's CAC 40 rose 0.1%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index dipped 1.3%, while London's FTSE 100 fell 0.8%.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed lower on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 0.24%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dipping 0.48%, China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 0.73% and India's BSE Sensex falling 1.30%.

Economics

U.S. retail sales rose 0.7% month-over-month in November compared to a revised 0.5% gain in the previous month and above market estimates of 0.5%.

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