us stock benchmarks traded mostly lower tuesday morning with pressure again seen on the technology sector as investors continue to consider what the reappointment of federal reserve chair jerome powell may mean for monetary policy tightening the dow jones industrial average djia declined 17 points or less than 01 to around 35604 the sp 500 index spx fell 02 to reach 4674 and the nasdaq composite index comp retreated 05 to 15774 as a rise in treasury yields continued with the 10year treasury note tmubmusd10y yielding around 164 in corporate news shares of zoom video communications zm were in focus after company executives detailed falling revenue on a conference call late monday us markets will be closed on thursday in observance of thanksgiving and will end early on friday