India, Aug. 19 -- After initially showing a lack of direction, stocks have moved mostly lower over the course of the trading session on Tuesday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq has shown a significant move to the downside, although the Dow is bucking the downtrend.
Currently, the Nasdaq is just off its lows of the session, down 238.62 points or 1.1 percent at 21,391.16. The S&P 500 is also down 22.67 points or 0.4 percent at 6,426.48.
The narrower Dow, on the other hand, has given back ground after reaching a new record intraday high but currently remains up 94.31 points or 0.2 percent at 45,006.13.
The modest gain by the Dow partly reflects a surge by shares of Home Depot (HD), as the home improvement retailer is jumping by 3.6 percent.
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