Wall Street treads water as earnings wave nears – Reuters

Wall Street treads water as earnings wave nears – Reuters

Tepid results from Tesla and 3M weighed on Wall Street on Tuesday as investors focused on an approaching wave of earnings reports from Microsoft, Alphabet and other corporate heavyweights.

Electric-car maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) dropped 3% after its quarterly results late on Monday fell short of some investors' expectations, with its revenue beat largely supported by sales of environmental credits and selling bitcoin, rather than vehicle sales. read more

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) slipped ahead of their quarterly reports after the bell. Shares of Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), slated to report later this week, were mixed.