U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index more than 300 points on Thursday.

The Dow traded down 0.78% to 41,810.80 while the NASDAQ fell 2.46% to 18,149.38. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 1.56% to 5,723.19.

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Leading and Lagging SectorsEnergy shares rose by 1.1% on Thursday.

In trading on Thursday, information technology shares fell by 3%.

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Shares of Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META) fell more than 2% on Thursday after the company reported third-quarter financial results.

The company reported third-quarter revenue of $40.59 billion, beating analyst estimates of $40.29 billion.

Equities Trading UP                       

• Root, Inc. (NASDAQ:ROOT) shares shot up 180% to $113.43 after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter financial results.
• Shares of Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATEC) got a boost, surging 39% to $7.79 after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter revenue results and raised its FY24 revenue guidance.
• Alphatec Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATEC) shares were also up, gaining 39% to $7.78 after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter revenue results and raised its FY24 revenue guidance.

Equities Trading DOWN

• Matinas BioPharma Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:MTNB) shares dropped 69% to $0.6100 after the company announced the termination of negotiations under the previously disclosed non-binding term sheet regarding global rights to MAT2203. Matinas has implemented an 80% reduction in its workforce.
• Shares of Aurora Innovation, Inc. (NASDAQ:AUR) were down 24% to $5.0200 after reporting a wider-than-expected quarterly loss.
• COMPASS Pathways plc (NASDAQ:CMPS) was down, falling 25% to $4.6650 after the company announced it pushed its topline data readout from its COMP005 Phase 3 trial to Q2 2025 and its COMP006 data will be announced after the 26-week time point.

CommoditiesIn commodity news, oil traded up 1.2% to $69.40 while gold traded down 1.4% at $2,763.10.

Silver traded down 3.2% to $32.970 on Thursday, while copper rose 0.2% to $4.3585.

Euro zone

European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 dipped 1.29%, Germany's DAX fell 0.95% and France's CAC 40 slipped 1.15%. Spain's IBEX 35 Index fell 0.53%, while London's FTSE 100 fell 0.91%.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mostly lower on Thursday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 falling 0.50%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index falling 0.31%, China's Shanghai Composite Index gaining 0.42% and India's BSE Sensex falling 0.69%.

Economics

• U.S. initial jobless claims declined by 12,000 from the previous week to 216,000 in the week ending Oct. 26.
• U.S. personal income increased by 0.3% from the prior month to $24.948 trillion in September, while personal spending increased by 0.5% to an annualized rate of $20.024 trillion.
• The personal consumption expenditure price index rose 0.2% month-over-month in September following a 0.1% increase in August.

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