major us stock indexes fell on tuesday with the dow and sp 500 both snapping a 4session win streak as economic data showed more signs of a sputtering us economy the dow jones industrial average djia fell about 198 points or 06 ending near 33403 while the sp 500 index spx shed 06 and the nasdaq composite index comp fell 05 according to preliminary factset data investors were eyeing less robust economic data out tuesday the number of us job openings in february fell to a 21month low while orders for manufactured goods fell for the third time in the past four months gold prices gc00 were flirting with a return to record territory trading above 2000 an ounce the 2year treasury rate tmubmusd02y stayed below 4 at 384