U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 250 points on Tuesday.
The Dow traded down 0.69% to 40,932.59 while the NASDAQ fell 0.93% to 17,678.62. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.75% to 5,608.08.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
Utilities shares rose by 0.7% on Tuesday.
In trading on Tuesday, health care stocks dipped by 1.1%.
Top Headline
Marriott International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAR) reported better-than-expected first-quarter EPS and revenue results.
Marriott reported quarterly earnings of $2.32 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $2.25 per share. The company reported quarterly sales of $6.26 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $6.17 billion.
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Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded up 3.6% to $59.21 while gold traded up 2.4% at $3,400.90.
Silver traded up 2.4% to $33.30 on Tuesday, while copper rose 1.3% to $4.7605.
Euro zone
European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 0.3%, while Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 0.1%. Germany's DAX 40 fell 0.8% and France's CAC 40 fell 0.4% during the session.
Asia Pacific Markets
Asian markets closed mostly higher on Tuesday, with Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gaining 0.70%, China's Shanghai Composite Index rising 1.13% and India's BSE Sensex falling 0.19%.
Economics
The US trade deficit increased to $140.5 billion in March versus market estimates of a $137 billion gap.
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