S&P 500 Index opens modestly lower, remains above 4,500

  • The major Wall Street indices posted modest losses on Tuesday.
  • Tech stocks are pushing lower after the opening bell.
  • Energy stocks are trading in positive territory as oil consolidates the latest gains.

The major stock indices in the US They opened modestly lower on Tuesday as investors appear to be looking to post their gains on the last trading day of August. At time of writing, the S&P 500 was down 0.15% on the day to 4,521, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.15% to 35,354 and the Nasdaq Composite was down 0.2% to 15,234.

Among the top 11 sectors in the S&P 500, the Tech Index is losing 0.45% as the biggest drop. On the other hand, the Energy Index is up 0.3% despite a barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) trading in negative territory.

S&P 500 chart (daily)

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