Stock Market Today: Dow Wastes Early Gain, Nasdaq Cuts Loss; Cheesecake Breaks Out

The Dow Jones Industrial Average frittered away an early advance Tuesday while other major stock indexes limited their losses as Wall Street balked at the start of third-quarter earnings season. Despite a tough session for semiconductor stocks such as Applied Materials (AMAT), Apple (AAPL) retook a prior buy point, and Cheesecake Factory (CAKE) continued to enrich shareholders in the stock market…

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