
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) Tuesday fell by -0.04%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) fell by -0.17%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) fell by -0.13%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH25) rose +0.05%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures (NQH25) fell by -0.03%.
Stocks saw support Tuesday from hopes for an end to the Russian-Ukraine war after top US and Russian officials met in Saudi Arabia to discuss the war and normalizing relations between the US and Russia. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said Ukraine won’t recognize “any agreements about us without us.” US officials said the peace talks were “exploratory.”