U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index falling around 100 points on Tuesday.

The Dow traded down 0.28% to 46,253.59 while the NASDAQ fell 0.85% to 22,594.47. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.57% to 6,655.37.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares jumped by 2.5% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, consumer discretionary stocks fell by 0.8%.

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The S&P Global US composite PMI declined to 53.6 in September from 54.6 in the previous month, missing market expectations.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded up 2% to $63.55 while gold traded up 0.7% at $3,801.30.

Silver traded up 0.5% to $44.425 on Tuesday, while copper rose 0.1% to $4.6375.

Euro zone

European shares were higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 rose 0.54%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.44%. London's FTSE 100 rose 0.26%, Germany's DAX 40 rose 0.46% and France's CAC 40 surged 1.00% during the session.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed lower on Tuesday, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng dipping 0.70%, China's Shanghai Composite falling 0.18% and India's BSE Sensex falling 0.07%.

Economics

• The S&P Global US services PMI declined to 53.9 in September from 54.5 in the previous month.
• The S&P Global US manufacturing PMI fell to 52 in September from 53 in August.
• The United States current account deficit shrank by 42.9% to $251.3 billion in the second quarter.

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