US benchmark equity indexes were mostly lower intraday, with technology stocks under pressure following a report that OpenAI missed its sales target, while oil prices rose.
The Nasdaq Composite was down 1.3% at 24,575.3 after midday Tuesday, while the S&P 500 shed 0.7% to 7,127. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2% to 49,268.9. Among sectors, technology saw the steepest decline, shedding 1.9%, while energy paced the gainers.
Tech bellwether Nvidia (NVDA) was down 3% intraday, the worst performer on the Dow. Broadcom (AVGO), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Oracle (ORCL), and Intel (INTC) also declined. Microsoft (MSFT), however, was up 0.7%.
OpenAI recently missed its own targets for new users and revenue, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources.
"The WSJ in part frames this story as a concern for datacenter spend, with OpenAI having over invested while sales are slowing," Wedbush Securities analyst Matt Bryson said in a note e-mailed to. "We believe infrastructure demand remains robust, driven in large part by (artificial intelligence) usage growth, creating a broad based demand driver for semiconductor and component vendors."
In other company news, Coca-Cola (KO) lifted its full-year earnings growth outlook on Tuesday as the beverages giant posted fiscal first-quarter results above market expectations amid pricing and volume gains. The stock was up 6.3% intraday, the best performer on the Dow and the second-biggest gainer on the S&P 500.
Spotify Technology (SPOT) shares were down 13% after the audio-streaming platform's premium subscriber growth and outlook disappointed investors.
West Texas Intermediate crude was up 3.6% at $99.84 per barrel, while Brent crude climbed 2.8% to $111.34.
US President Donald Trump and national security officials are skeptical of Iran's new offer to open the Strait of Hormuz and delay talks on uranium enrichment, The Journal reported, citing American officials.
Elsewhere in the world, the United Arab Emirates has decided to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries on Friday, in a move that Rystad Energy said makes the cartel "structurally weaker."
The UAE is one of the few OPEC members, including Saudi Arabia, that have spare capacity, Rystad said in a note. OPEC uses a production quota system to stabilize global oil markets.
"Its departure therefore removes one of the core pillars underpinning OPEC's ability to manage the market," Rystad Head of Geopolitical Analysis Jorge Leon wrote.
The Fed's monetary policy committee kicked off its two-day meeting on interest rates, with a decision due Wednesday. Markets widely expect the central bank to keep its benchmark lending rate unchanged for a third consecutive meeting, according to the CME FedWatch tool.
US Treasury yields were higher intraday, with the 10-year rate up 1.8 basis points at 4.36% and the two-year rate rising 4.1 basis points to 3.84%.
Gold was down 2.1% at $4,593.10 per troy ounce, while silver lost 2.8% to $72.95 per ounce.