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Wall Street is flirting with a record again as U.S. stock indexes drift on Tuesday. The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged in morning trading and just below its all-time closing high set last month. Entergy jumped 6.2% and helped lead the market.

European shares opened lower Tuesday, while Chinese technology stocks surged after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with entrepreneurs this week in what is seen as a show of support to the technology industry. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.59% to 22,976.81, while the Shanghai Composite was down 0.93% to 3,324.49. Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 0.25% to 39,270.40 after Japan's economic growth for the fourth quarter beat forecasts.

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Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said the central bank should cut interest rates further if inflation makes more progress back toward target.

Oil lost early gains on Tuesday and prices were back near their previous close in the face of uncertainty over how supply will be affected by Ukraine-Russia peace talks, international trade tariffs and OPEC+ crude output. Brent crude futures were down 4 cents at $75.18 per barrel by 1406 GMT, retreating from $76.07 earlier in the session. "Day trading and short-term flows are ruling the fate of oil prices at present."