Stocks have shown a lack of direction over the course of morning trading on Tuesday, with the major averages bouncing back and forth across the unchanged line. The choppy trading comes after the major averages ended Monday's trading modestly higher but well off their best levels.
Currently, the Nasdaq is down 14.04 points or 0.1 percent at 11,452.94 and the S&P 500 is down 8.93 points or 0.2 percent at 3,973.31. The narrower Dow has shown a somewhat more notable decline, falling 196.71 points or 0.6 percent to 32,692.38.
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