Wall Street was lower in late morning trading on Tuesday as weak revenue at IBM (NYSE:IBM) and United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) weighed on the Dow and the S&P 500 and investors awaited results from tech giants including Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT).
The dollar pushed lower against a basket of other major currencies on Tuesday, as investors continued to lock in profits from the greenback's recent rise to three-month highs as expectations for a U.S. rate hike in the near future still supported the currency. Trading volumes were expected to remain light with no major U.S. data to be released throughout the day.
Gold prices struggled near the lowest level since 2010 on Tuesday, as prospects of higher interest rates in the U.S. continued to weigh. Gold futures for August delivery on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange inched up 40 cents, or 0.04%, to trade at $1,107.20 a troy ounce during U.S. morning hours.
U.S. oil futures reversed earlier losses to bounce off a 15-week low on Tuesday, as traders looked ahead to weekly data on U.S. stockpiles of crude and refined products later in the day. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, crude oil for September delivery hit a session low of $50.10 a barrel, a level not seen since April 4, before recovering to trade at $50.83 during U.S. morning hours, up 39 cents, or 0.77%.
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