S&P 500, Dow end session flat, tech boosts Nasdaq

The S&P 500 and the Dow ended Tuesday's session flat after mixed economic data and retail earnings, while the Nasdaq had another record close with help from technology stocks.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 2.19 points, or 0.01 percent, to 20,979.75, and the S&P 500 lost 1.65 points, or 0.07 percent, to 2,400.67, easing from an intraday record high of 2,405.77.

The Nasdaq Composite added 20.20 points, or 0.33 percent, to 6,169.87, a record close for the index.

Only two of the 11 major S&P 500 sectors closed higher, with technology providing the biggest boost. The sector rose 0.5 percent, with an outsized boost from Microsoft , which rose 2 percent.

The S&P 500 posted 61 new 52-week highs and 12 new lows; the Nasdaq Composite recorded 133 new highs and 60 new lows.

About 6.4 billion shares changed hands on US exchanges compared with the 6.8 billion average for the last 20 sessions.

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