U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling over 200 points on Wednesday.Following the market opening Wednesday, the Dow traded down 0.41% to 52,106.03 while the NASDAQ fell 0.67% to 26,037.18. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.48% to 7,463.10.Leading and Lagging SectorsCommunication services shares jumped by 2% on Wednesday.In trading on Wednesday, information technology stocks fell by 1.9%.Top HeadlineGeneral Mills (NYSE:GIS) reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial results.General Mills reported quarterly earnings of 95 cents per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of 80 cents per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $4.610 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $4.595 billion.Equities Trading UP Equities Trading DOWNCommoditiesIn commodity news, oil traded down 0.5% to $69.16 while gold traded down 0.1% at $4,036.60.Silver traded down 1.3% to $59.160 on Wednesday, while copper fell 1.5% to $6.1625.Euro zoneEuropean shares were lower today. The eurozone’s STOXX 600 declined 0.5%, while Spain’s IBEX 35 Index fell 0.7%. London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.5%, Germany’s DAX slipped 0.3%, while France’s CAC 40 dipped 0.9%.Asia Pacific MarketsAsian markets closed higher on Wednesday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 gaining 0.59%, China’s Shanghai Composite rising 0.44% and India’s BSE Sensex gaining 0.58%.Economics