Wall Street loses shine, Dow Jones, Nasdaq Composite, finish flat

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks closed flat to slightly lower Tuesday despite strong earnings results, particularly among banks.

"All in all, bank earnings were phenomenal. Goldman Sachs is an investment banking and trading company. It's a different business, and that was reflected in the top line today," Thomas Hayes, chairman at Great Hill Capital LLC told Reuters news agency Tuesday.

"We came into earni