US stocks trading lower ahead of additional 1Q report releases

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U.S. equity futures are trading lower ahead of the release of a slew of 1Q earnings, with no fewer than three Dow members – healthcare giants Johnson & Johnson and Procter & Gamble, and property and casualty insurer Travelers – reporting ahead of the opening bell.

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The markets will also get insight into results from health care equipment maker Abbot Labs, aerospace/defense mainstay Lockheed Martin, automotive retailer AutoNation and motorcycle manufacturer Harley-Davidson to name a few.

On Wall Street Tuesday, the S&P 500 fell Monday to 4,163.26. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.4% to 34,077.63. Both hit highs on Friday.

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Chipmaker Intel fell 1.7%, Capital One lost 0.9% and Valero Energy slid 2.3%.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite slid 1% to 13,914.77.

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Tesla dropped 3.4% after two people were killed in Texas in a crash of one of its models. Authorities say there was no one in the driver’s seat at the time of the crash. It’s unclear whether the car’s driver-assist system was being used.

Overnight, Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index lost 0.5%. Banks, energy companies and others that depend on consumer spending also retreated.

Investor optimism has been boosted by higher corporate profits, U.S. hiring and consumer confidence. Still, traders are uneasy about a rise in inflation and interest rates and renewed coronavirus infections that prompted some governments to reimpose anti-disease controls.

This week, 81 of the 500 members of the index are due to report earnings, as are 10 of the 30 members of the Dow, including Verizon Communications and Intel.

On average, analysts expect quarterly profits across the S&P 500 to be up 24% from a year earlier, according to FactSet.

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Meanwhile, Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street was pulled lower by tech stock declines.

Tokyo and Hong Kong retreated while Shanghai and Seoul gained.

“Asian markets have experienced short-term volatility as investors balance the impact of higher interest rates with increasing optimism that pent-up demand will boost earnings,” said Janet Tsang of JP Morgan Asset Management in a report.

The Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.1% to 3,481.52 while the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo tumbled 1.9% to 29,114.27. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong shed less than 0.1%, to 29,099.73.

The Kospi in Seoul rose 0.3% to 3,209.13 and the S&P-ASX 200 in Sydney sank 0.4% to 7,038.20. New Zealand, Singapore and Jakarta declined while Bangkok advanced.

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In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude rose 44 cents to $63.87 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, used to price international oils, gained 48 cents to $67.53 per barrel in London.

The dollar advanced to 108.22 Japanese yen from Monday’s 108.11 yen. The euro gained to $1.2049 from $1.2039.

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