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

The Dow traded down 0.28% to 52,407.20 while the NASDAQ dipped 0.80% to 25,674.10. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.51% to 7,495.26.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares jumped by 1.4% on Friday.

In trading on Friday, communication services stocks fell by 3.1%.