NEW YORK — Stocks edged primarily greater in unstable trading on Wall Street Tuesday as some issues dissipate over demonstrations in China versus that nation’s extreme COVID limitations.
The S&P 500 increased 0.1% as of 10: 19 a.m. Eastern after bobbing inbetween little gains and losses throughout the earlymorning. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was little altered at 33,850 and the Nasdaq fell less than 0.1%.
Small-company stocks were primarily greater. The Russell 2000 increased 0.6%.
Energy stocks increased as U.S. crude oil costs climbedup 2.4%. Valero increased 1%. Several huge health care and innovation stocks fell and weighed on the wider markets. UnitedHealth Group slipped 1% and Apple slipped 0.5%.
Bond yields acquired ground. The yield on the 10-year Treasury, which affects homemortgage rates, increased to 3.73% from 3.68% late Monday.
Markets in Europe were combined and markets in Asia increased broadly.
Hong Kong’s criteria index leapt 3.5% as demonstrations in China apparently soothed down inthemiddleof a increased authorities pres