Dow Dips 450 Points; Crude Oil Falls Sharply U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Dow Jones dropping more than 450 points on Monday. The Dow traded down 1.38% to 33,243.24 while the NASDAQ fell 2.11% to 12,436.54. The SP 500 also fell, dropping, 1.69% to 4,156.92. Also check this: Investor Optimism Decreases Further After U.S. Stocks Record Weekly Losses Leading and Lagging Sectors Energy shares fell by just 0.3% on Monday. Meanwhile, top gainers in the sector included Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (NYSE: TNP ), up 6% and Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE: BTU ) up 7%. In trading on Monday, consumer discretionary shares dipped by 2.4%. Top Headline The Chicago Fed National Activity Index rose to 0.27 in July, compared to a revised reading of -0.25 in June. Equities Trading UP Bright Minds Biosciences Inc. (NASDAQ: DRUG ) shares shot up 116% to $2.7057 as the stock continued to see momentum despite the company last week announcing it is not aware of any developments that would explain the recent surge Shares …