U.S. stocks seesawed on Tuesday as worries over global economic growth dented investor appetite for risk assets and Wall Street looked ahead to what could be a difficult earnings season.
The Dow Jones Industrials poked ahead 8.74 points to 31,182.58.
The S&P 500 slipped 11.8 points to 3,842.65.
The NASDAQ Composite slumped 69.91 points to 11,302.69.
Airline stocks jumped with shares of Delta, United, and Southwest up more than 4%. American Airlines rose 6.7%. Battered cruise stocks Norwegian and Carnival added 2% each. Boeing took flight 4.5%, Walgreens Boots Alliance increased 2.4%, and Home Depot rose 2.2%, pulling the Dow higher.
PepsiCo kicked off the corporate earnings season on Tuesday. The snacks and beverage company reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue and raised its revenue outlook for the year. Delta Air Lines and JPMorgan Chase are among the companies slated to report later this week.
Treasury prices gained, lowering yields to 2.90% from Monday's 2.99%. Treasury prices and yields move in opposite directions.
Oil prices flopped $6.34 to $97.75 U.S. a barrel.
Gold prices doffed $5.80 to $1,725.90 U.S. an ounce.