U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Nasdaq Composite falling more than 200 points on Thursday.

Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded down 0.30% to 52,223.08 while the NASDAQ dipped 0.94% to 26,005.96. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.58% to 7,592.06.

Leading and Lagging Sectors

Consumer staples shares jumped by 0.9% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, materials stocks fell by 1.4%.