The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell Tuesday as traders wrapped up a tough month for the stock market.
The 30-stock index tumbled 142.07 points to 32,747.02.
The S&P 500 fell 1.42 points to 3,980.82.
The NASDAQ Composite poked ahead 15.70 points to 11,482.68.
Tuesday marks the last day of February. Despite a solid start to the year, the major indexes are on pace for their second negative month in three.
The Dow is down 4% for the month and is down year to date. The S&P 500 has lost 2.5%, and NASDAQ has handed over 1% in February.
Those losses came after a strong start to the year for stocks; the S&P 500 rallied more than 6% in January.
Prices for the 10-year Treasury surged, lowering yields to 3.94% from Monday's 3.93%. Treasury prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Oil prices gained $1.69 to $77.37 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices gathered $9.30 to $1,834.20 U.S. an ounce.