Stocks Drift on Wall Street as Earnings Reports Rev Up

Stocks Drift on Wall Street as Earnings Reports Rev Up
Flags adorn the facade of the New York Stock Exchange on June 16, 2021. Richard Drew/AP Photo
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Wall Street’s major stock indexes closed mixed Tuesday, as more big companies delivered their financial results for the last three months of 2022 amid lingering concerns about a potential recession.

The S&P 500 slipped less than 0.1 percent, its second loss in three trading days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.3 percent and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.3 percent. Small company stocks also lost ground, with the Russell 2000 shedding 0.3 percent