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Updated from 4:15 p.m. EST
Stocks ended a back-and-forth trading session little changed Tuesday as investors weighed the effects of declining oil prices and prepared for the beginning of earnings season.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 6.89 points, or 0.06%, to 12,416.60, and the S&P 500 eased by 0.73 point, or 0.05%, at 1412.11. The Nasdaq Composite eked out a gain of 5.63 points, or 0.23%, to 2443.83.
"The market trend continues to hang in the balance," said Ken Tower, chief market strategist with CyberTrader. "If one takes profits here and the uptrend resumes, one always has the option of opening new positions. Should a downtrend develop, those profits will be lost for, at least, a considerable period of time." ...
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| Dow Jones | S&P 500 | NASDAQ | 10-Year Note | |
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| 10,309.92 | 1,091.49 | 2,138.44 | 32.31 |
Oil *
77.12
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154.48
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19.14
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37.61
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0.48
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10 Yr
3.23%
SPDR Gold
115.06
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-1.48%
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-1.72%
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