Investors shrugged off Apple's (AAPL) blowout quarterly results to focus on a slew of mostly mixed earnings reports and disappointing data on housing, leaving stocks broadly lower Tuesday.
At the closing bell the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average ($INDU) fell 51 points, or 0.5 percent, to 10,041, while the broader S&P 500 ($INX) dropped 7 points, or 0.6 percent, to 1,091. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite ($COMPX) lost 13 points, or 0.6 percent, at 2,163.
For more on stocks making moves today, be sure to check out BloggingStocks' market wrap up.
Dan Burrows
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Dan Burrows is a markets and investing writer for DailyFinance. He spent five years at Dow Jones. Most recently he covered investing, markets, tech stocks and the economy at SmartMoney.com. Prior to that he was a reporter at MarketWatch.com. He also covered retail and manufacturing at Women's Wear Daily for three years. In his career, he's had writing stints at Time Inc.'s FYI and Spy magazines, and has freelanced for Esquire and Maxim, among other publications.
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