Crude Oil Down Over 2%; Upstart Shares Jump Following Earnings

U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index dipping more than 200 points on Wednesday.

The Dow traded down 0.47% to 44,383.04 while the NASDAQ fell 0.01% to 19,642.01. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.27% to 6,052.27.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Health care shares rose by 0.2% on Wednesday.

In trading on Wednesday, real estate shares dipped by 1.1%.

Top Headline

Crude oil inventories gained by 4.07 million barrels in the week ended Feb. 7, compared to market estimates of a 3 million build, the EIA said.

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Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded down 2.4% to $71.56 while gold traded down 0.5% at $2,916.80.

Silver traded up 0.6% to $32.530 on Wednesday, while copper rose 0.6% to $4.6295.

Euro zone

European shares were mostly higher today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 0.02%, Germany's DAX 40 rose 0.25% and France's CAC 40 rose 0.03%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index rose 0.99%, while London's FTSE 100 rose 0.15%.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mostly higher on Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 gaining 0.42%, China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 0.85%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index jumping 2.64% and India's BSE Sensex falling 0.16%.

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