Damian J. Troise and Alex Veiga
Stock indexes closed out a wobbly day of trading on Wall Street with a mixed finish Tuesday, leaving the S&P 500 index just below its all-time high.
The benchmark index slipped less than 0.1% after wavering between small gains and losses for much of the day. Losses in technology, health care, communication services and other sectors in the index outweighed gains in banks, industrial stocks and energy companies. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also ended up essentially flat, while the Nasdaq fell.
The market’s choppy turn came as investors pored over a mixed batch of company quarterly report cards in what is the busiest week for earnings so far this season. UPS, Hasbro and Archer-Daniels-Midland were among the winners after delivering results that impressed traders. Among the losers: Tesla, Eli Lilly and General Electric.
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