U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones falling more than 400 points on Tuesday.

Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded down 1.03% to 41,570.89 while the NASDAQ fell 0.61% to 17,194.54. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.76% to 5,569.16.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Consumer staples shares fell by just 0.1% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, health care shares tumbled by 1.2%.

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The ISM manufacturing PMI declined to 49 in March compared to a reading of 50.3 in February, and also missing market estimates of 49.5.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded down 0.2% to $71.32 while gold traded up 0.4% at $3,163.90.

Silver traded up 0.5% to $34.77 on Tuesday, while copper rose 0.6% to $5.0645.

Euro zone

European shares were higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 jumped 1.1%, Germany's DAX 40 rose 1.3% and France's CAC 40 climbed 0.9%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index climbed 1%, while London's FTSE 100 rose 0.8%.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mixed on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 gaining 0.02%, China's Shanghai Composite Index gaining 0.38%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rising 0.38% and India's BSE Sensex dipping 1.80%.

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