U.S. stocks traded lower toward the end of trading, with the Dow Jones index falling over 300 points on Thursday.

The Dow traded down 0.79% to 42,208.88 while the NASDAQ fell 0.89% to 19,138.50. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.79% to 5,834.99.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares rose by 1% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, real estate shares fell by 1.7%.

Top Headline

U.S. construction spending unexpectedly stalled month-over-month to an annual rate of $2,153 billion in November compared to a revised 0.5% gain in October and missing market estimates of a 0.3% rise.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 2% to $73.15 while gold traded up 1% at $2,667.20.

Silver traded up 2.2% to $29.900 on Thursday, while copper fell 0.1% to $4.0250.

Euro zone

European shares were higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 rose 0.60%, Germany's DAX 40 gained 0.58% and France's CAC 40 rose 0.18%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.71%, while London's FTSE 100 rose 1.07%.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mixed on Thursday, with China's Shanghai Composite Index falling 2.66%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dipping 2.18% and India's BSE Sensex gaining 1.83%.

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