| TRADING CENTER |
Stocks in standstillU.S. markets flat as investors await key housing, auto reports.NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- U.S. stocks were little changed at Tuesday's open as investors awaited some key reports in the housing and auto sectors. The Dow Jones industrial average was just below breakeven, while the Nasdaq composite index was just above it. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was virtually flat. Among stocks in the news Tuesday: Yahoo (Charts, Fortune 500), McDonald's (Charts, Fortune 500), Citigroup (Charts, Fortune 500), Commerce Bancorp (Charts), Palm (Charts) and Hershey Foods (Charts, Fortune 500). |
|