[BRIEFING.COM] The market-cap weighted S&P 500 sports a 0.2% decline and the equal-weighted S&P 500 shows a 0.1% gain.
Market breadth reflects an ongoing positive bias ahead of the close. Advancers lead decliners by a 3-to-2 margin at the NYSE and by an 11-to-10 margin at the Nasdaq.
Tuesday's economic lineup features: September Trade Balance at 8:30 ET, final October S&P Global Services PMI at 9:45 ET, and October ISM Services at 10:00 ET. Results of Tuesday's $42 billion 10-yr Treasury note auction are at 1:00 ET.