U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday in an erratic session, bouncing between losses and gains as investors tried to keep up with a barrage of headlines. Bond yields, oil and gold prices all rose.
A day after fears of oil inflation pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average into a correction, the blue-chip index fell 184.74 points, or 0.6%, to 32632.64. The S&P 500 dropped 30.39 points, or 0.7%, to 4170.70 and the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite slid 35.41 points, or 0.3%, to 12795.55.