U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling around 0.2% on Monday.

The Dow traded down 0.02% to 44,938.95 while the NASDAQ fell 0.18% to 21,584.73. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.09% to 6,444.07.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Industrials shares jumped by 0.3% on Monday.

In trading on Monday, communication services stocks fell by 1%.

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The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index slipped to 32 in August versus 33 in July, down from market estimates of 34.

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