U.S. stocks traded mixed midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling more than 300 points on Monday.

The Dow traded up 0.28% to 51,709.06 while the NASDAQ fell 1.31% to 26,170.77.

The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.47% to 7,465.38.

Leading and Lagging Sectors Real estate shares jumped by 1.2% on Monday.

In trading on Monday, communication services stocks fell by 4.5%.