Good news on the U.S. economy may be no longer be good for Wall Street, and U.S. stock indexes are slipping Tuesday following better-than-expected reports on the job market and business activity. The S&P 500 swung to a dip of 0.

A soft finish to 2024 still left stocks with a second straight stellar year. The S&P 500 logged a 23.3% gain, which follows a 24% rise in 2023. The combined gains of more than 53% was the largest two-year percentage jump for the index since year-end 1998,

Asian Shares Mostly Rise After Wall Street Rally Led by Nvidia TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, deriving optimism from rising technology stocks on Wall Street, led by Nvidia. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 2.