Here's what happened to the stock market on Tuesday

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All three indices dipped in the final hour of trading as investors looked ahead to a potential rate cut from the Federal Reserve. The Dow and S&P 500 dropped about 0.1% and the Nasdaq decreased 0.6%.

The major indexes failed to make any major moves on Tuesday despite the S&P 500 making a new all-time high. In fact, the broad index traded in a range of just 0.4% on the day.

Strong earnings from pharmaceuticals such as Merck and Pfizer initially helped lift the S&P 500 to an all-time high. However, disappointing results from Google-parent Alphabet offset some of that optimism. Investors also seemed reluctant to make any big moves before the Fed's announcement on Wednesday.Shares of food-ordering service GrubHub plummeted more than 43% on the back of

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