U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 150 points on Wednesday.

The Dow traded down 0.30% to 53,419.33 while the NASDAQ declined 0.27% to 26,081.96. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.07% to 7,671.71.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Industrials shares jumped by 1% on Wednesday.

In trading on Wednesday, consumer discretionary stocks fell by 0.7%.