After the June consumer-price index rose more sharply than predicted, stocks ended marginally down Tuesday, with key indexes moving down from the previous session’s record ends. Investors were also looking at earnings reports from banking behemoths JPMorgan Chase & Co. JPM, -1.49 percent and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. GS, -1.19 percent, both of which finished more than 1% lower. According to early statistics, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.31 percent down approximately 107 points, or 0.3 percent, to close near 34,880, while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.35 percent dropped around 15 points, or 0.3 percent, to finish near 4,369. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.38 percent fell roughly 56 points, or 0.4 percent, to finish near 14,678. According to the government, the consumer price index increased by 0.9 percent last month. The Wall Street Journal polled economists, who predicted a 0.5 percent increase./n
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