U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones dipping around 600 points on Monday.

Following the market opening Monday, the Dow traded down 1.40% to 42,390.68 while the NASDAQ fell 1.53% to 19,419.90. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 1.43% to 5,885.51.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares fell by just 0.3% on Monday.

In trading on Monday, consumer discretionary shares dipped by 2.1%.

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The Chicago PMI fell to 36.9 in December from 40.2 in November and missing market estimates of 42.5.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 0.9% to $71.24 while gold traded down 0.4% at $2,622.40.

Silver traded down 1% to $29.680 on Monday, while copper fell 0.6% to $4.0985.

Euro zone

European shares were mostly lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 0.6%, Germany's DAX fell 0.4% and France's CAC 40 fell 0.5%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.1%, while London's FTSE 100 fell 0.6%.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mostly lower on Monday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 0.96%, China's Shanghai Composite Index gaining 0.21%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index falling 0.24% and India's BSE Sensex dipping 0.57%.

Economics

The Chicago PMI fell to 36.9 in December from 40.2 in November and missing market estimates of 42.5.

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