NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. stocks are ending mostly lower as big companies turn in a mixed batch of earnings results.
Harley-Davidson dropped 10 percent Tuesday after its earnings fell short of analysts’ forecasts.
Kimberly-Clark jumped 5 percent. The maker of Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissues reported income and revenue that easily beat analysts’ forecasts.
The Dow Jones industrial average slipped 85 points, or 0.5 percent, to 17,949.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index lost three points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,097.
