[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (-0.48%) is in last place on Tuesday afternoon, down about 35 points.
Briefly, S&P 500 constituents Tractor Supply (TSCO 39.35, -5.46, -12.18%), EchoStar (SATS 124.40, -10.71, -7.93%), and Prudential (PRU 95.96, -6.64, -6.47%) dot the bottom of the standings. TSCO falls on this morning's Q1 miss and soft comps, SATS falls as recent gains are unwound, with lingering concerns around debt, business disputes, and some insider selling weighing on sentiment, while PRU dips on reports of customer fraud at the company's Gibraltar Life subsidiary.
Meanwhile, HP Inc. (HPQ 21.18, +1.59, +8.12%) is strong despite a dearth of corporate news.