US open: Stocks mixed in early trading

(Sharecast News) - US stocks were mixed early on Tuesday following a losing day on Wall Street. As of 1530 GMT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.08% at 35,362.58, while the S&P 500 was 0.07% weaker at 4,547.46 and the Nasdaq Composite came out the gate 0.08% softer at 14,229.93.

The Dow opened 29.11 points higher on Tuesday, taking a bite out of losses recorded in the previous session.

Stocks were searching for direction at the bell as market participants take stock of what has been another strong month for major indices despite mounting macroeconomic pressures.

On the macro front, S&P/Case-Shiller's home price index increased to 318.59 points in September, up from 317.84 points in August and well and truly ahead of the 23-year average of 183.01 points and near its all-time high of 318.71 points in June 2022.

On another note, the Richmond Federal Reserve's manufacturing index decreased to -5 in November, down from +3 in October and missing market expectations for a reading of +1. Of its three component indices, shipments fell from +9 to -8, new orders edged down from -4 to -5, and employment decreased from +7 to 0.

Elsewhere, Federal Reserve bankers Austan Goolsbee, Christopher Waller, Michelle Bowman, and Michael Barr will all deliver speeches on Tuesday.

In the corporate space, Zscaler was in the red at the open despite the cloud security company posting Q1 adjusted earnings and revenues that beat expectations, while software firm CrowdStrike will report earnings after the bell.

Reporting by Iain Gilbert at Sharecast.com

Dow Jones - Risers

Boeing Co. (BA) $222.86 1.62% 3M Co. (MMM) $98.08 1.04% Nike Inc. (NKE) $109.08 1.04% Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) $380.83 0.59% American Express Co. (AXP) $164.93 0.54% Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) $151.99 0.50% Walmart Inc. (WMT) $157.48 0.45% Amgen Inc. (AMGN) $265.39 0.42% Coca-Cola Co. (KO) $58.68 0.38% Chevron Corp. (CVX) $144.86 0.35%

Dow Jones - Fallers

Walt Disney Co. (DIS) $94.26 -0.96% Dow Chemical Co. (DOW) $50.69 -0.84% Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (WBA) $19.95 -0.77% Visa Inc. (V) $252.21 -0.76% Salesforce.Com Inc. (CRM) $223.37 -0.63% Merck & Co. Inc. (MRK) $100.82 -0.60% Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) $336.02 -0.50% Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) $246.35 -0.42% Intel Corp. (INTC) $43.93 -0.34% International Business Machines Corporation (CDI) (IBM) $155.06 -0.32%

S&P 500 - Risers

Synchrony Financial (SYF) $30.13 2.52% Boeing Co. (BA) $222.86 1.62% Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) $56.80 1.45% Wisconsin Energy Corp. (WEC) $83.39 1.42% Coty Inc. Class A (COTY) $11.39 1.38% Alliant Energy Corp. (LNT) $50.64 1.36% Westrock Company (WRK) $38.42 1.35% Crown Castle International (CCI) $108.47 1.23% Centerpoint Energy Inc. (CNP) $28.29 1.22% Jacobs Solutions Inc. (J) $123.89 1.21%

S&P 500 - Fallers

Micron Technology Inc. (MU) $74.00 -4.52% Dish Network Corp. (DISH) $3.54 -4.46% H&R Block Inc. (HRB) $45.46 -2.40% Lam Research Corp. (LRCX) $709.13 -1.84% Morgan Stanley (MS) $76.58 -1.76% Biogen Inc (BIIB) $224.79 -1.75% TripAdvisor Inc. (TRIP) $18.66 -1.66% Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT) $148.36 -1.62% Idexx Laboratories Inc. (IDXX) $472.22 -1.54% Western Digital Corp. (WDC) $46.50 -1.50%

Nasdaq 100 - Risers

Qurate Retail Inc. (QRTEA) $0.88 3.46% Autodesk Inc. (ADSK) $204.14 0.93% Adobe Systems Inc. (ADBE) $624.41 0.83% Kraft Heinz Co. (KHC) $35.17 0.82% Fiserv Inc. (FI) $127.52 0.78% Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (TTWO) $157.49 0.78% Paypal Holdings Inc (PYPL) $56.83 0.77% Cintas Corp. (CTAS) $559.00 0.76% Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP) $146.80 0.76% Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) $380.83 0.59%

Nasdaq 100 - Fallers

Micron Technology Inc. (MU) $74.00 -4.52% Dish Network Corp. (DISH) $3.54 -4.46% Baidu Inc. (BIDU) $121.34 -2.15% Lam Research Corp. (LRCX) $709.13 -1.84% JD.com, Inc. (JD) $27.84 -1.76% Biogen Inc (BIIB) $224.79 -1.75% Applied Materials Inc. (AMAT) $148.36 -1.62% Idexx Laboratories Inc. (IDXX) $472.22 -1.54% Western Digital Corp. (WDC) $46.50 -1.50% Asml Holdings N.V. (ASML) $678.23 -1.47%