U.S. stocks ended lower Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.10% shed 27.88 points, or 0.1%, at 27,881.7, while the S&P 500 index SPX, -0.11% gave up 3.44 points, or 0.1%, at 3,132.52, while the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.07% lost 5.64 points, or less than 0.1%, at 8,616.18.