U.S. stocks traded lower toward the end of trading, with the Dow Jones index falling by more than 100 points on Wednesday.

The Dow traded down 0.27% to 43,153.13 while the NASDAQ fell 0.88% to 18,820.86. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.63% to 5,879.70.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Health care shares rose by 0.7% on Wednesday.

In trading on Wednesday, consumer discretionary shares fell by 1.2%.

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The EIA said crude oil inventories in the U.S. increased by 0.545 million barrels in the week ended Nov. 15, compared to market estimates of a 0.4 million gain.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded down 0.4% to $69.10 while gold traded up 0.9% at $2,655.40.

Silver traded down 0.4% to $31.130 on Wednesday, while copper rose 0.3% to $4.1560.

Euro zone

European shares closed lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 0.02%, Germany's DAX declined 0.29% and France's CAC 40 fell 0.43%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.01%, while London's FTSE 100 fell 0.17%.

Construction output in the Eurozone fell by 1.6% year-over-year in September compared to a 2.5% decline in the previous month. Producer prices in Germany fell by 1.1% year-over-year in October.

UK's producer prices declined by 0.8% year-over-year in October versus a revised 0.6% fall in September. Annual inflation rate in the UK rose to 2.3% in October from 1.7% in September.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mostly higher on Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 0.16%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gaining 0.21% and China's Shanghai Composite Index gaining 0.66%.

Japan's trade deficit shrank to JPY 461.25 billion in October compared to JPY 702.86 in the year-ago month.

Economics

• Mortgage applications in the U.S. rose 1.7% from the previous week in the week ending Nov. 15, compared to a 0.5% gain in the prior period.
• The EIA said crude oil inventories in the U.S. increased by 0.545 million barrels in the week ended Nov. 15, compared to market estimates of a 0.4 million gain.

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