India, July 7 -- Dow Jones US Stock Market Today: On Tuesday, the performance of Wall Street was uneven due to the weighing of optimism for defensive names and weakness in the technology space. Even as the Dow Jones Industrial Average moved to yet another all-time high, a selloff in semiconductor companies pulled down the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 indexes to close lower. New fears were raised about the growth in artificial intelligence investments due to a huge surge in Samsung's profits but lack of clarity regarding future demand.

Higher prices of crude oil, geopolitical risks in the Middle East region and expectations regarding the monetary policy stance of the US Fed injected more uncertainties into the stock markets although techn...