Wall Street’s major averages slide on Tuesday, as investors look ahead to the kickoff of retail earnings season while also monitoring developments in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. The blue-chip Dow (DJI) trades near even while the benchmark S&P 500 (SP500) slid by 0.

Wall Street's main indexes closed roughly flat on Monday, after struggling for direction while investors awaited a raft of corporate earnings reports from major retailers for more signs about the state of the economy and the Federal Reserve's annual symposium in Jackson Hole.