U.S. stock benchmarks opened modestly lower Tuesday as investors awaited earnings reports from Apple , Microsoft and Google parent Alphabet at the conclusion of regular trading. Equity indexes have been lurching toward record highs but concerns about China's crackdown on technology names and the Federal Reserve's approach to rising inflation, as well as concerns about peak growth and earnings are causing some resistance for markets that have been trending higher of late.
Dow falls 200 points, index at risk of snapping 5-day win streak as stock-market investors ready for Apple, Microsoft results