US stocks close lower ahead of Tesla and Alphabet earnings

The major US stock indices closed lower ahead of Tesla and Alphabet earnings.

• Dow Industrial Average average fell -57.27 points or -0.14% at 40,358.10
• S&P index fell minus 8.65.4 -0.16% at 5555.75
• NASDAQ index fell -10.22 points or -0.06% at 17997.35

The small-cap Russell 2000 rose 22.61 points or 1.02% at 2243.26.

Ahead of earnings,

• Alphabet rose 0.07%
• Tesla fell -2.04%

Also after the close Visa and Texas Instruments will release its earnings.In trading today:

• Visa fell -1.09%
• Texas Instruments tumbled -3.69%.

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.