U.S. stocks traded slightly lower early Tuesday as investors parsed earnings from some of the biggest financial institutions, to start the third-quarter reporting season.
Wall Street participants also were watching a number of corporate events, including the start of Amazon’s two-day Prime Day sales event and Apple’s rollout of its latest iPhone lineup.
How are stock benchmarks performing?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.47% fell 38.18 points, or 0.1%, to 28,799.34, while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.50% was down 6.10 points, or 0.2%, at 3,528.12. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.35% was off 34.64 points, or 0.3%, at 11,841.62.