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U.S. stocks traded mixed this morning, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 200 points during on Monday.

Following the market opening Monday, the Dow traded down 0.55% to 42,079.06 while the NASDAQ rose 0.14% to 18,144.66. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.14% to 5,730.18.

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Carnival Corporation CCL posted better-than-expected quarterly earnings.

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were down 25% to $2.80. Plus Therapeutics, Inc. PSTV was down, falling 25% to $1.39.

Commodities

In commodity news, oil traded down 0.2% to $68.05 while gold traded down 0.3% at $2,659.10.

Silver traded down 1.2% to $31.445 on Monday, while copper fell 0.8% to $4.5645.

Euro zone

The British economy grew by 0.5% on quarter during the second quarter, down from 0.7% in the first quarter, while the UK's current account deficit widened to £28.4 billion in the second quarter, versus a revised £13.8 billion in the prior quarter. Net consumer credit in the U.K. rose by £1.3 billion in August, from £1.2 billion in the previous month. German import prices increased by 0.2% year-over-year in August compared to a 0.9% rise in July.

Asia Pacific Markets

Asian markets closed mixed on Monday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 dipping 4.80%, Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index jumping 2.43%, China's Shanghai Composite Index gaining 8.06% and India's BSE Sensex falling 1.49%.

Japan’s housing starts fell by 5.1% year-over-year in August compared to a 0.2% decline in the prior month, while industrial production fell by 3.3% month-over-month in August. Retail sales in Japan climbed by 2.8% year-over-year in August.

The official NBS Non-Manufacturing PMI in China fell to 50.0 in September from 50.3 in the prior month, while official NBS Manufacturing PMI climbed to 49.8 in September from 49.1 in August.

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The Chicago PMI rose to 46.6 in September from 46.1 in August versus market estimates of 46.2.

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