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Crude Oil Down 2%; Amazon Shares Tumble After Q2 Results

U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Dow Jones dipping around 1.5% on Friday.

The Dow traded down 1.46% to 43,488.38 while the NASDAQ dipped 2.38% to 20,620.55. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 1.76% to 6,227.60.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Consumer staples shares jumped by 0.9% on Friday.

In trading on Friday, consumer discretionary stocks dipped by 3.4%.

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Shares of Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) fell around 8% on Friday after the company reported second-quarter financial results.

Amazon reported second-quarter net sales of $167.7 billion, up 13% year-over-year. The net sales total beat a Street consensus estimate of $161.9 billion according to data from Benzinga Pro.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded down 2% to $67.86 while gold traded up 1.4% at $3,396.30.

Silver traded up 0.6% to $36.945 on Friday, while copper rose 1% to $4.3995.

Euro zone

European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 1.79%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index dipped 1.83%. London's FTSE 100 fell 0.80%, Germany's DAX 40 declined 2.36% and France's CAC 40 fell 2.73% during the session.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed lower on Friday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 0.66%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng falling 1.07%, China's Shanghai Composite dipping 0.37% and India's BSE Sensex falling 0.72%.

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