Wall Street ends down

US stocks eased on Tuesday as a jump in bond yields hit utilities and other top dividend payers, but energy gains and optimism Greece is near a deal with creditors limited losses. The S&P utility index .SPLRCU fell 1.4 per cent, leading losses among S&P sectors. Energy shares gained along with oil prices. The S&P energy index .SPNY rose 0.5 per cent, leading the day's gainers. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI fell 28.43 points, or 0.16 per cent, to 18,011.94, the S&P 500 .SPX lost 2.13 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 2,109.6 and the Nasdaq Composite .IXIC dropped 6.40 points, or 0.13 per cent, to 5,076.52. Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by 1,648 to 1,385, for a 1.19-to-1 ratio on the upside; on the Nasdaq, 1,594 issues rose and 1,149 fell for a 1.39-to-1 ratio favoring advancers. The S&P 500 posted 3 new 52-week highs and 1 new lows; the Nasdaq recorded 93 new highs and 42 new lows. About 5.5 billion shares changed hands on US exchanges, below the 6.3 billion daily average for the last five sessions, according to Reuters.