NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street ended nearly flat on Tuesday, but the S&P 500 ended three straight days of declines as financial and consumer staples shares bounced.
Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> fell 3.57 points, or 0.02 percent, to 17,762.98, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 0.78 points, or 0.04 percent, to 2,080.06 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> dropped 7.76 points, or 0.15 percent, to 5,013.87.
(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
