US Market Indexes Mostly Lower Tuesday

U.S. market indexes were mostly lower Tuesday. For the day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 21,998.99 for a gain of 5.28 points or 0.02%. The S&P 500 closed at 2,464.61 for a loss of -1.23 points or -0.05%. The Nasdaq Composite closed at 6,333.01 for a loss of -7.22 points or -0.11%. The VIX Volatility Index was lower at 12.04 for a loss of -0.29 points or -2.35%.

Tuesday’s market movers

Stocks were mostly lower Tuesday after regaining some ground yesterday following geopolitical concerns with North Korea last week.

Economic reports affecting market trading on Tuesday included the following:

• Retail sales increased 0.6% for the month.
• Import and export prices were released. Import prices increased 1.5% for the year and export prices increased 0.8%.
• Business inventories increased 0.5%.
• The Housing Market Index reported by the National Association of Home Builders increased to 68 from 64.

In the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the following stocks led gains and losses:

Gains

American Express (AXP, Financial) 1.54%

Apple (AAPL, Financial) 1.09

Coca-Cola (KO, Financial) 0.85%

Boeing (BA, Financial) 0.85%

Cisco (CSCO, Financial) 0.79%

Losses

Home Depot (HD, Financial) -2.65%

Nike (NKE, Financial) -2.04%

United Technologies (UTX, Financial) -1.02%

Intel (INTC, Financial) -0.94%

General Electric (GE, Financial) -0.87%

Small-cap stocks

In small-caps, the Russell 2000 Index closed at 1,383.24 for a loss of -11.07 points or -0.79%. The S&P 600 Small-Cap Index closed at 834.75 for a loss of -8.30 points or -0.98%. The Dow Jones Small-Cap Growth TSM Index closed at 8,415.52 for a loss of -52.98 points or -0.63%. The Dow Jones Small-Cap Value TSM Index closed at 9,421.60 for a loss of -65.35 points or -0.69%.

Other notable indexes

Other notable index closes included the S&P 400 Mid-Cap Index at 1,721.80 for a loss of -9.11 points or -0.53%; the S&P 100 Index at 1,091.76 for a loss of -0.29 points or -0.03%; the Russell 3000 Index at 1,454.46 for a loss of -1.88 points or -0.13%; the Russell 1000 Index at 1,363.91 for a loss of -1.03 points or -0.08%; and the Dow Jones US Select Dividend Index at 656.64 for a loss of -1.35 points or -0.21%.