U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the S&P 500 falling more than 1% on Thursday.
The Dow traded down 1.17% to 40,865.63 while the NASDAQ dipped 1.64% to 17,359.52. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 1.18% to 5,533.34.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
Materials shares gained by 0.9% on Thursday.
In trading on Thursday, consumer discretionary shares dipped by 1.4%.
Top Headline
Dollar General Corporation (NYSE:DG) reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter sales results.
The company reported fourth-quarter sales growth of 4.5% year-on-year to $10.304 billion, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $10.264 billion. EPS of $0.87 missed the consensus estimate of $1.51.
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