U.S. stocks were little changed Tuesday, as some encouraging corporate results offset pressure from declines in oil prices and continued geopolitical concerns. The U.S. dollar held near 7-year highs, rising slightly versus other major currencies. Gold futures fell $15 to $1,068.60 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell $1.07, or nearly 2.6 percent, to $40.67 a barrel. The drop more than erased a 2.5 percent gain Monday boosted by geopolitical concerns following weekend terror attacks in Paris. The Dow Jones industrial average was little changed, rising 6.22 to 17,489.23. Twenty of the index's 30 components fell, led by Caterpillar, whose shares lost 1.4 percent. Pfizer and Goldman Sachs each fell more than 0.8 percent. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 2.75, or 0.1 percent, to 2,050.44. Utilities led seven of 10 sectors lower, and healthcare was the greatest advancer. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index was virtually unchanged, rising 1.40 to 4,986.02. Shares of Apple fell 0.4 percent, while a biotechnology index rose more than 1 percent.
