U.S. stocks lost steam Tuesday after back-to-back days of gains as investors evaluated another round of quarterly financial results from companies.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) slipped 0.1%, while Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) rose a modest 0.3%. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC), meanwhile, was off by roughly the same margin.
Earlier in the session, dozens of names on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) were temporarily halted for volatility after an apparent glitch before resuming regular trading around 9:50 a.m. ET.
“On January 24, 2023, due to a system issue, the NYSE did not conduct opening auctions in a subset of its listed securities,” the exchange said in a statement. “This system issue resulted in continuous trading of those securities commencing at 9:30 a.m. without an opening auction print.”
Major stocks briefly affected by the apparent technical issue included Morgan…