U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index falling around 0.1% on Monday.The Dow traded down 0.13% to 49,166.76 while the NASDAQ fell 0.16% to 24,796.92. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.02% to 7,163.54.Leading and Lagging SectorsCommunication services shares jumped by 1.1% on Monday.In trading on Monday, consumer discretionary stocks fell by 1%.Top HeadlineVerizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) reported better-than-expected first-quarter earnings and raised its FY26 adjusted EPS ...