U.S. stocks traded mixed toward the end of trading, with the Nasdaq Composite falling around 50 points on Tuesday.
The Dow traded up 0.11% to 38,422.51 while the NASDAQ fell 0.32% to 15,547.61. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.05% to 4,939.69.
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Leading and Lagging Sectors
Materials shares rose by 1.8% on Tuesday.
In trading on Tuesday, information technology shares fell by 1.1%.
Top Headline
Willis Towers Watson Public Limited Company (NASDAQ: WTW) reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings.
Willis Towers Watson posted earnings of $7.44 per share, beating analysts’ estimates of $7.05 per share. The company’s quarterly sales came in $2.91 billion versus market estimates of $2.92 billion.
Equities Trading UP
Tenax Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: TENX) shares shot up 46% to $12.77 after the company announced the USPTO granted notice of allowance for the U.S. patent application "Levosimendan For Treating Pulmonary Hypertension With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction."
Shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) got a boost, ...