The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) on Tuesday closed down -0.26%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI) (DIA) closed up +0.17%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) closed down -1.12%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26) fell -0.36%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQM26) fell -1.15%.
Stock indexes gave up an early advance on Tuesday and retreated, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 falling to 5-week lows. Chipmakers gave up an early advance on Tuesday and sold off sharply as investors rotated out of the sector, weighing on the broader market. Also, weakness in software stocks dragged on the overall market, and energy producers slid amid Tuesday’s -3% plunge in WTI crude oil prices (CLN26) to a 7-week low.
