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New York • Stocks are inching lower Tuesday, extending a slump that has brought the market lower for the past four trading days.

Most companies have now reported their third-quarter results, and reports from retailers are starting to come in. That should give investors insight into how the holiday shopping season is shaping up.

KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial was down 46 points, or 0.3 percent, to 17,684 as of 9:12 a.m. Mountain time. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell four points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,074. The Nasdaq composite gave up 32 points, or 0.6 percent, to 5,063.

The Dow and S&P 500 fell 1 percent Monday on concerns the global economy could be slowing. That was their biggest decline in six weeks.

MIXED BAG: Gap lost 92 cents, or 3.3 percent, to $26.77 after the retailer posted disappointing results for October, including lower overall sales. Rockwell Automation fell $5.14, or 4.8 percent, to $102.66 after the industrial equipment and software maker's earnings came in short of what analysts were looking for.

Homebuilder D.R. Horton rose $1.34, or 4.7 percent, to $30.12 after its fiscal fourth-quarter results surpassed analyst estimates.

APPLE SLIPS: Apple lost $2.98, or 2.5 percent, to $117.59 after Credit Suisse said Apple cut orders for some components in Asia by up to 10 percent, suggesting weak demand for the iPhone 6s. Apple's loss weighed down tech stocks.

CHIPOTLE: Chipotle Mexican Grill's restaurants in Washington state and Oregon could reopen in a few days after health officials said they did not find a source for an E. coli outbreak that was related to the company. Shares of Chipotle rose $11.67, or 1.9 percent, to $620.96.

BONDS: Bond prices didn't move much. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note dipped to 2.33 percent.

OVERSEAS: Investors were spooked by more signs of a slowdown in the world economy. China's inflation rate fell. That's a sign of economic weakness, though it should give China's central bank space to offer more stimulus.

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned that slower growth in emerging market economies and world trade has weakened global growth.

ENERGY: Benchmark U.S. crude rose 64 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $44.51 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, a benchmark for international oils, rose 30 cents, or 0.6 percent, to $47.47 a barrel in London.

CURRENCIES: The dollar rose to 123.19 yen from 123.11 yen on Monday. The euro slipped to $1.0699 from $1.0758.