U.S. stocks traded mostly lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 100 points on Tuesday.

Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.29% to 45,751.36 while the NASDAQ fell 0.01% to 22,349.18. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.05% to 6,612.17.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares jumped by 1.2% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, utilities stocks fell by 0.7%.

Top Headline

U.S. retail sales rose 0.6% month-over-month in August, the same versus the revised 0.6% gain in July and topping market expectations of a 0.2% gain.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 1.4% to $64.16 while gold traded up 0.5% at $3,737.00.

Silver traded up 0.7% to $43.240 on Tuesday, while copper fell 0.2% to $4.7105.

Euro zone

European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 0.8%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 1.1%. London's FTSE 100 fell 0.7%, Germany's DAX 40 dipped 1.2% and France's CAC 40 fell 0.7% during the session.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mostly higher on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei gaining 0.30%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng falling 0.03%, China's Shanghai Composite rising 0.04% and India's BSE Sensex gaining 0.73%.

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