Stocks were mixed on Tuesday with technology stocks under further pressure, as investors further mulled the market implications of Federal Reserve Jerome Powell’s renomination to lead the central bank.
The S&P 500 ended slightly higher. The Nasdaq lagged as investors further turned away from technology and growth stocks. The Dow — which is heavily weighted in cyclical stocks — gained more than 150 points, or 0.4%, during afternoon trading as energy and financials shares outperformed.