NEW YORK—Wall Street drifted through a quiet day of mixed trading Tuesday, where most stocks fell but a handful of influential companies kept the losses in check.
The S&P 500 slipped 7.04 points, or 0.1 percent, to 4,756.50 to follow up its best day in nearly two months. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 157.85, or 0.4 percent, to 37,525.16, and the Nasdaq composite rose 13.94, or 0.1 percent, to 14,857.71.
