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U.S. stocks were mixed at the market’s close, as investors pulled ahead of earnings — and the outlook for much of the artificial intelligence sector — from chipmaker Nvidia.

Wall Street’s S&P 500 ended up less than 0.1 percent, with the index rallying late to recover from early-session losses. The technology-led Nasdaq Composite fell 0.1 percent.

Nvidia ended the session 0.8 percent lower on Tuesday, posting its biggest daily jump in two months.

In other stock moves, retailer Target closed 21.4 percent lower, its biggest one-day decline since 2022 after reporting disappointing results.

In government bond markets, the yield on the 10-year note rose 0.03 percentage points to 4.41 percent. The yield on the two-year Treasury rose 0.05 percentage points to 4.2 percent.


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