The USD Index (DXY), which tracks the greenback vs. a bundle of its main competitors, maintains the optimism seen at the beginning of the week and advances to 103.80 on turnaround Tuesday.
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U.S. stocks traded mixed toward the end of trading, with the Nasdaq Composite trading higher on Tuesday. The Dow traded down 0.18% to 36,138.19 while the NASDAQ rose 0.19% to 14,212.19. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.07% to 4,566.73.
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