After ending the previous session mostly higher, stocks are turning in a relatively lackluster performance in morning trading on Tuesday. The Dow and the S&P 500 are holding close to the unchanged, although the tech-heavy Nasdaq has climbed more firmly into positive territory.
Currently, the Nasdaq is off its best levels of the day but still up 57.43 points or 0.4 percent at 14,116.30. The S&P 500 is up 5.94 points or 0.1 percent at 4,560.58, while the Dow is up 12.66 points or less than a tenth of a percent at 35,423.90.
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