U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling over 1% on Wednesday.

The Dow traded down 1.13% to 50,299.68 while the NASDAQ fell 1.16% to 25,381.36. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.86% to 7,322.92.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares jumped by 2.4% on Wednesday.

In trading on Wednesday, industrials stocks fell by 2.4%.