U.S. stocks end lower as market looks to Fed speakers, Nvidia earnings

U.S. stocks ended lower Tuesday as investors await earnings results from AI darling Nvidia on Wednesday, as well as new clues from Federal Reserve officials on interest rates after last week’s inflation data.

How stocks traded

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average
  DJIA
  ended down 0.2%, according to preliminary closing data from FactSet.

• The S&P 500
  SPX
  finished 0.6% lower.

• The Nasdaq Composite
  COMP
  closed 0.9% lower.

The U.S. stock market was closed on Monday for Presidents Day. Last week, the Dow fell 0.1%, the S&P 500 shed 0.4% and the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.3%.