U.S. stocks finished mixed on Tuesday. In world markets, European stocks ended lower, with the declines led by the CAC 40 in France falling 0.4 percent. Asian markets ended mixed, as the Shanghai Composite fell 0.3 percent and the Nikkei in Japan rose 0.6 percent. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 4.24, or 0.03 percent, to 12,878.28. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 1.27, or 0.1 percent, to 1,350.50. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 0.44, or 0.02 percent, to 2,931.83.
