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The S&P 500 edged up on Tuesday, taking a breather a day after its best one-day performance in six weeks, as investors attempted to glean information from a mixed bag of results from major retailers such as Walmart and Home Depot.

American Airlines Group Inc may use its Advantage loyalty program as collateral for a secured U.S. government loan, President Robert Isom said at a conference on Tuesday, noting that government talks are ongoing.

The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it would require Boeing Co and other aircraft manufacturers to adopt new safety-management tools in the wake of two fatal Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 people.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin found themselves in the hot seat on Tuesday as U.S. lawmakers grilled them about the uneven nature of the fiscal response to the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

Oil prices pulled back slightly on Tuesday as a U.S. Senate committee grilled Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin about aid packages intended to bolster the economy.

Top U.S. airlines and Air Canada on Tuesday reported slower ticket cancellations and an improvement in bookings on some routes, sending their shares higher, though executives warned that rebuilding demand to pre-pandemic levels would be tough.

The S&P 500 was largely unchanged on Tuesday, after a strong rally in the prior session, as investors sifted through a mixed batch of results from major retailers including Walmart and Home Depot.

Italy could look into Fiat Chrysler's planned 5.5 billion euro ($6 billion) payout as part of its merger with Peugeot after the Italian-American carmaker asked for a 6.3 billion euro state-backed loan, a senior government source said.

About 1,000 lucky chickens flew on two chartered cargo planes to a California sanctuary from an Iowa farm that has been euthanizing its flock as the coronavirus outbreak slashes restaurant demand for eggs, an animal rights group said.

Lufthansa is bracing for hundreds of aircraft to remain grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic well into 2022 and that further job cuts at its maintenance and catering businesses were inevitable.

Walmart Inc emerged among the winners of the coronavirus lockdowns, beating Wall Street's quarterly revenue and profit forecasts and setting an online sales record as millions of consumers stocked up on food and cleaning supplies.

General Motors Co is "almost there" on developing an electric vehicle battery that will last one million miles, a top executive said on Tuesday.

French carmaker Renault has sealed a deal with banks on a 5 billion-euro ($5.47 billion) state-guaranteed loan to help the company to cope with the coronavirus outbreak, two sources close to the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

Top U.S. airlines and Air Canada on Tuesday reported slower ticket cancellations and signs of improving demand, with Delta Air Lines Inc saying its cash flow was on track to reach break-even by the end of the year.

British supermarket group Asda got a sales boost in the first quarter from consumers stocking up before the coronavirus lockdown but it also highlighted that 90% of its shoppers now fear an economic depression.

Talks between Walmart and possible buyers of a majority stake in its British supermarket Asda will likely resume when the industry settles into a "new norm" with the worst of the coronavirus crisis behind it, the boss of Asda said on Tuesday.

Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it plans to roll out a version of its cloud-based software that will be modified to suit the needs of healthcare organizations.

The S&P 500 was trading flat on Tuesday, handing back some gains from a strong rally in the previous session, as investors digested a mixed set of quarterly results from retailers including Home Depot and Walmart.

JPMorgan Chase & Co shareholders voted to reelect each of the bank's board members, with each director receiving at least 84% of the shares voted, according to initial tallies.

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump wants to see a 7.6% cut in the U.S. payroll tax, hoping it will help staunch economic pain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.