U.S. stocks were falling on Tuesday as third-quarter earnings season kicks into top gear amid retail sales numbers for September that came in stronger than expected.

At 11:05 ET (15:05 GMT), the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 38 points, or 0.1% while the S&P 500 was down 0.2% and the NASDAQ Composite was down 0.5%.

The main indices on Wall Street posted strong gains on Monday, with the 30-stock Dow gaining over 300 points, or 0.9%, while the benchmark S&P rose 1.1% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq climbed 1.2%. $#usdr #BinanceSquare #ftx