U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 500 points on Tuesday.
Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded down 1.13% to 45,548.92 while the NASDAQ fell 1.95% to 22,252.07. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 1.33% to 6,566.51.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
Consumer staples shares jumped by 0.4% on Tuesday.
In trading on Tuesday, information technology stocks fell by 2.5%.
Top Headline
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) reported better-than-expected results for the third quarter on Tuesday.
The company posted third-quarter 2025 net income of $14.4 billion, or $5.07 per share, up 12% year over year, beating the $4.84 analyst estimate as sales of $47.12 billion topped expectations of $45.39 billion.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 2% to $58.28 while gold traded up 0.2% at $4,142.20.
Silver traded down 1.4% to $49.705 on Tuesday, while copper fell 3.3% to $4.9745.
Euro zone
European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 0.7%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 0.2%. London's FTSE 100 fell 0.3%, Germany's DAX 40 fell 1.1% and France's CAC 40 dipped 0.6% during the session.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed lower on Tuesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 2.58%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index falling 1.73%, China's Shanghai Composite falling 0.62% and India's BSE Sensex declining 0.36%.
Economics
The NFIB Small Business Optimism Index declined to 98.8 in September from 100.8 in the previous month and missing market estimates of 100.5.
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