U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling more than 200 points on Tuesday.

The Dow traded down 0.35% to 49,512.48 while the NASDAQ dipped 0.93% to 25,849.08. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.56% to 7,361.93.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Health care shares jumped by 1.2% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, materials stocks fell by 2.1%.