Standard & Poor’s and Nasdaq closed lower before the inflation and earnings report

US stocks fell on Tuesday to close out a back-and-forth session as investors braced for Wednesday’s big inflation report and the start of the third-quarter earnings season. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) fell 0.6% after failing to sustain gains from the intraday rebound, and the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) fell 1.1% to its lowest level in two … Read more