Stocks go nowhere amid trade tensions

Stocks were mixed Tuesday as US trade tensions rose on multiple fronts. The dollar and the 10-year Treasury yield fell.  Here's the scoreboard: Dow Jones industrial average: 24,797.44 −16.25 (-0.065%) S&P 500: 2,748.21 +1.34 (+0.049%) China offered to buy nearly $70 billion more worth of American farm and energy products. Beijing is asking Washington to drop tariff threats in exchange for a reduction in the US-China trade deficit. The number of job openings in the US...