U.S. stocks traded lower this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 300 points on Tuesday.

Following the market opening Tuesday, the Dow traded down 0.66% to 49,264.22 while the NASDAQ declined 0.15% to 23,699.14. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.24% to 6,960.41.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares gained by 1.4% on Tuesday.

In trading on Tuesday, financial stocks dipped by 1.7%.

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JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) reported better-than-expected earnings for the fourth quarter on Tuesday.

The company posted quarterly earnings of $5.23 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $4.92 per share. The company reported quarterly …

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