US stocks closed mixed on Tuesday with the tech-heavy Nasdaq closed at a record for a second session in a row while the Dow industrials and S&P 500 finished fractionally lower amid political uncertainty and weaker-than-expected US housing data.

    The Dow Jones slipped 2.19 points, or less than 0.1%, to close at 20,979.75. The S&P 500 declined 1.65 points, or less than 0.1%, to finish at 2,400.67, for its 15th straight session with a daily change of 0.5% or less, the longest such streak since February 1969. 

    The Nasdaq rose 20.20 points, or 0.3%, to end at a record 6,169.87, after touching an intraday record of 6,170.16.