How the Dow Jones industrial average and other major indexes fared on Tuesday

The Associated Press
April 21, 2015 at 8:36PM

Stocks ended mostly lower Tuesday as big companies turned in a mixed batch of earnings results. Harley-Davidson fell after reporting disappointing results, while Kimberly-Clark rose.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 85.34 points, or 0.5 percent, to 17,949.59.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index lost 3.11 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,097.29.

The Nasdaq composite rose 19.50 points, or 0.4 percent, to 5,014.10.

For the week:

The Dow is up 123.29 points, or 0.7 percent.

The S&P 500 index is up 16.11 points, or 0.8 percent.

The Nasdaq is up 82.29 points, or 1.7 percent.

For the year:

The Dow is up 126.52 points, less than 0.7 percent.

The S&P 500 index is up 38.39 points, or 1.9 percent.

The Nasdaq is up 278.05 points, or 5.9 percent.

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