Nasdaq sets another record as stocks close mixed

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Wall Street finished mixed on Tuesday as the Nasdaq reached a new record for the second day in a row.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 2.19 (-0.01 percent) to finish at 20,979.75.

The Nasdaq gained 20.20 (+0.33 percent) to close at 6,169.87 while the S&P 500 finished at 2,400.67, down 1.65 (-0.07 percent) from its open.

Crude oil was about 0.5 percent lower with prices under $49 per barrel.

Winners and Losers: Office supply retailer Staples, Inc. tumbled 3.5 percent after reporting a revenue miss last quarter.

Nature’s Sunshine Products announced Tuesday it received a direct selling license in China. Shares of the multi-level dietary supplement-marketer soared nearly 28 percent.

Citi downgraded Pfizer’s stock from Neutral to Sell, causing shares of the pharmaceutical company to slide about 2 percent.

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