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

The Dow traded up 0.72% to 52,681.94 while the NASDAQ fell 0.90% to 25,805.23.

The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.22% to 7,466.99.

Leading and Lagging Sectors Health care shares jumped by 2.2% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, communication services stocks fell by 1.9%.