US stocks open muted with corporate earnings, trade talks in focus
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Wall Street opened flat on Tuesday as investors weighed signs of potential trade deals between the U.S. and its partners ahead of the August 1 tariff deadline and assessed a spate of second-quarter company results.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 15.6 points, or 0.04%, at the open to 44338.62. The S&P 500 rose one point, or 0.02%, at the open to 6306.6, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 8.0 points, or 0.04%, to 20982.205 at the opening bell.
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