The blue-chip Dow average declined slightly, while the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 were little changed on Tuesday as investors waited for an expected quarter-point hike in US interest rates and results from technology bellwether Cisco Systems Inc. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 6 points, or 0.06 percent, at 10,386.
The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 0.28 of a point, or 0.02 percent, at 1,165. But the technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was up 2 points, or 0.10 percent, at 2,041.