The major indexes weakened and were mixed Tuesday afternoon. Tesla stock picked up momentum Tuesday after two days of losses.

Most equity indexes are holding close to flat on Tuesday. However, the Dow Jones is still trading around 200 points below Monday’s closing prices, cycling near 41,800. The Standard & Poor’s 500 eased slightly, falling below 5,600, while the Nasdaq Composite holds steady near 17,300.

Dow Jones moved lower as Johnson & Johnson pulled back by 7%. The stock suffered a sell-off as a bankruptcy judge rejected talc settlement. The talc lawsuit is an important catalyst for the company, so traders rushed to sell the stock after the $10 billion settlement was rejected by the judge.

Stocks were lower in afternoon trading Monday, extending a three-day-losing streak, as investors await announcements on a new batch of tariffs the Trump administration has said it will implement this week.

One big reason the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped Tuesday had little to do with tariffs. Johnson & Johnson's stock tumbled 6.5% after a [bankruptcy judge dismissed](

The US indices have all seen a lot of losses in the recent past. However, Monday was a nice bounce for them, and Tuesday could end up being massive in its implications.

Market volatility remained elevated, with the CBOE Volatility Index, often called Wall Street’s fear gauge, hovering around 23.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) slid on Wednesday as investors remained uncertain about President Trump’s economic plans. That includes

The CNN Money Fear and Greed index showed a decline in the overall market sentiment, while the index moved to the “Extreme Fear” zone on Friday. U.S. stocks settled lower on Friday, with the Dow Jones index falling more than 700 points during the session as investors assessed recent tariff-related news.