U.S. stocks were little-changed at the open on Tuesday as traders await a batch of inflation data along with the informal beginning of the first-quarter corporate earnings season. The S&P 500 SPX gained 5 points, or 0.1%, to 4,114. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rose by 40 points, or 0.1%, to 33,636. The Nasdaq Composite COMP was little-changed at 12,084.
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