The Dow slipped 41.62 points or 0.2 percent to 17,581.43, the Nasdaq edged down 4.56 points or 0.1 percent to 5,030.15 and the S&P 500 dipped 5.29 points or 0.3 percent to 2,065.89.
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In USA economic news, the Commerce Department released a report before the start of trading showing a continued decrease in durable goods orders in the month of September.
Both the CSI300 index of the largest listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen and the Shanghai Composite Index ended up 0.5 percent, to 3,589.26 points and 3,429.58 points, respectively.
New-home sales for September are due at 10 a.m. Eastern Time, followed by a reading for the Dallas Fed manufacturing index at 10:30 a.m. But much attention will focus this week on the two-day Fed meeting that ends on Wednesday. An index of housing shares.HGX was down 0.4 percent.
Xerox fell 3.0 per cent as it reported a loss of $34 million in the third quarter and announced it would undertake a review of the company’s business portfolio and capital allocation options.
The index was up 1.7% after better-than-expected earnings from top drugmakers Pfizer and Merck.
Significant weakness also remains visible among energy stocks, which are moving lower along with the price of crude oil. Shares in the tech giant came under pressure on Monday, falling over 3 percent after news that supplier Dialog Semiconductor reported preliminary earnings and guidance that missed expectations, according to Street Account.
In overseas trading, stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region turned in another mixed performance on Tuesday.
The Stoxx Europe 600 was flat midmorning, following a 2% gain on Friday, while Asian bourses pared early gains to close slightly higher. The S&P 500 nabbed a weekly advance of 2.1%, leaving the index in positive territory for the year with a gain of almost 0.8%. It’s now up a whopping 0.8%.
In the bond market, treasuries are extending the upward move seen in the previous session. Twitter (NYSE: TWTR), Gilead Sciences, Shutterfly, Owens-Illinois, Panera Bread, IAC/Interactive, Equity Residential, KKR and TransUnion all report after the close.
London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index of leading blue-chip companies shed 0.42 per cent on Monday to 6,417.02 points.
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The Nasdaq, meanwhile, was about 10 points lower at 4,601.
