The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 68.30 points, or 0.22 percent, to 30,335.67. The S&P 500 decreased 8.32 points, or 0.22 percent, to 3,727.04. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 49.20 points, or 0.38 percent, to 12,850.22. Earlier in the session, all the three major indexes rose to record highs.
Nine of the 11 primary S&P 500 sectors end in red, with real estate up 0.71 percent, leading the laggards. Health care and consumer discretionary eked out modest gains.
U.S.-listed Chinese companies traded mostly higher with eight of the top 10 stocks by weight in the S&P U.S. Listed China 50 index ending the day on an upbeat note.
The Democrats-held House of Representatives on Monday passed a bill to boost the second round of federal direct payments to 2,000 U.S. dollars for individuals, up from the 600 dollars for individuals in the new relief package.
The vote came after President Donald Trump recently asked Congress to increase the amount of stimulus checks.
The House passed the 2,000-dollar direct payments in a fast-track procedure that needed two-thirds support. But it remains to be seen whether a Republican-controlled Senate would go along with it.
The latest development on U.S. COVID-19 stimulus came as the nationwide caseload continues to spiral.
The United States has registered more than 19.4 million confirmed COVID-19 cases with roughly 337,000 related deaths as of Tuesday afternoon, showed a tally by Johns Hopkins University.
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