Wall Street was mixed and crude lost ground on Tuesday as investors assessed a spate of mixed earnings and signs that U.S. President Donald Trump's protracted trade war is hitting corporate profit margins,

Stocks are mixed on Tuesday as Wall Street takes a slight breather following the S&P 500’s record-setting performance, with investor focus shifting toward a wave of high-stakes earnings reports from major tech names.

Wall Street struggled for direction on Tuesday as investors weighed signs of progress in U.S. trade talks and perused a spate of second-quarter company earnings, some of which showed a hit from President Donald Trump's tariff policies.