Wall Street ended barely changed on Monday as investors digested the latest large-scale corporate mergers as well as the most recent twist in a tumultuous U.S. presidential election.
Stocks were jolted Friday by disclosure that the FBI was investigating more emails as part of a probe into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email system, injecting fresh uncertainty over the Democratic candidate's presumed lead in the presidential election over Republican rival Donald Trump.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 18.77 points, or 0.1 percent, to 18,142.42, the S&P 500 lost 0.26 points, or 0.01 percent, to 2,126.15and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.97 points, or 0.02 percent, to 5,189.14.
Asian stocks wallowed near six-week lows on Tuesday as investors braced for a looming raft of economic and central bank events, while oil prices fell as markets doubted OPEC's ability to implement planned production cuts.
Market anxiety deepened in recent sessions after the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday said it was investigating newly discovered emails that might relate to democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server when she was secretary of state.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was down 0.14 percent in early trades, its lowest levels in since Sept. 19. October marked the first monthly loss for the index since May.
Reference: Reuters
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