NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks ended modestly lower for a second straight session on Tuesday as investors weighed conflicting signals on US-China trade talks.
Stocks rose early on Tuesday on a Wall Street Journal report that signaled a likely delay in the next round of duties, but pulled back after White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said tariffs were still on the table. "This makes it impossible to try to navigate and that is why the market has decided not to take anything for granted."The broad-based S&P 500 also dropped 0.1 per cent to 3,132.52, along with the Nasdaq Composite Index, which finished at 8,616.18.
Negotiators from the three countries signed a deal Tuesday in Mexico City with changes to the new regional trade agreement, paving the way to ratification after months of arduous negotiations.