U.S. stocks traded lower toward the end of trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling more than 100 points on Wednesday.
The Dow traded down 0.52% to 37,518.35 while the NASDAQ fell 0.98% to 14,621.38. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.61% to 4,713.82.
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Market Sector Performance
Energy shares rose by 0.8% on Wednesday.
In trading on Wednesday, real estate shares fell by 1.8%.
Job Openings and Equities Performance
The number of job openings fell by 62,000 from the prior month to 8.790 million in November, compared to market estimates of 8.85 million.
Notable Equity Movements
Sidus Space, Inc. SIDU shares shot up 62% to $11.32 after securing a Tier 1 remote sensing license.
Shares of Trinity Place Holdings Inc. TPHS surged 55% to $0.1774.
Sigma Additive Solutions, Inc. SASI shares were up, gaining 47% to $4.2609.
Shares of SoFi Technologies, Inc. SOFI dropped 14% to $8.32.
Shares of Esperion Therapeutics, Inc. ESPR were down 21% to $2.2950.
Nemaura Medical Inc. NMRD was down, falling 30% to $0.1317.
Commodities Performance
In commodity news, oil traded up 3.3% to $72.72 while gold traded down 1.6% at $2,040.20.
Silver traded down 3.5% to $23.125 on Wednesday while copper fell 0.4% to $3.8635.
Global Market Performance
European shares closed lower today with various indices posting declines.
Asian markets closed mostly lower on Wednesday, with some exceptions.
Economic Indicators
Mortgage applications in the U.S. declined by 10.7% in the week ending Dec. 29.
The number of job openings fell by 62,000 from the prior month to 8.790 million in November, compared to market estimates of 8.85 million.
The ISM Manufacturing PMI rose to 47.4 in December from 46.7 in the prior month, and topped market estimates.