U.S. stocks traded mostly lower midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling around 1% on Thursday.

The Dow traded down 0.07% to 52,619.72 while the NASDAQ dipped 0.96% to 26,017.62. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.36% to 7,545.24.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Health care shares jumped by 2.2% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, information technology stocks fell by 1.3%.