FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - The US Stock market was itself in a sticky wicket Tuesday morning, as the major indices had been unable to gain any traction in premarket trading. Beginning with the indices and composites, the NASDAQ shed -1.02% as it settles in region of 2987.11, down 30.32 points in these moments.

In addition, the S&P 500 is also trading in negative territory, operating at 1418.56, falling 14.87 points or -1.02% at the time of writing. Finally, the Dow Jones has moved lower at the opening as well, operating in the zone of 13231.32, presently down -0.86% after a decent of 114.57 points.

Sectors are mostly mixed at the opening, however the Transportation and Capital Goods sectors have distinguished itself as the winners thus far, rising +0.89% and +0.53% respectively. In other news, the price of crude has settled below USD $86.78 today, falling -2.11%.