U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling more than 100 points on Wednesday.

The Dow traded down 0.35% to 46,129.26 while the NASDAQ fell 0.47% to 22,468.39. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.40% to 6,630.54.

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Leading and Lagging Sectors

Energy shares jumped by 1.9% on Wednesday.

In trading on Tuesday, materials stocks fell by 1.5%.

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Crude oil inventories in the U.S. declined by 0.607 million barrels in the week ending Sept. 19, compared to market estimates of a 0.8-million-barrel gain.

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  • uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ:QURE) shares shot up 235% to $45.79 after the company announced it entered into a $175 million non-dilutive senior secured term loan facility with Hercules Capital.
  • Shares of SHF Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:SHFS) got a boost, …

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