Little movement on a listless day

Another day of listless trading on Wall Street ended Tuesday with the major stock indexes closing out having shifted marginally from the day before.

Gains in energy and technology companies were canceled out by losses among banks, phone companies, and other sectors.

A rebound in crude oil prices helped lift energy stocks, which led the gainers. Banks posted the largest losses.The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 1.90 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,425.53. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.55 points to 21,409.07. The Nasdaq composite rose 16.91 points, or 0.3 percent, to 6,193.31. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks added 4.58 points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,413.05.

Energy sector companies led the gainers Tuesday. Devon Energy rose 80 cents, or 2.7 percent, to $30.53. Newfield Exploration added 47 cents, or 1.8 percent, to $26.83.

Financials companies took heavy losses. T. Rowe Price Group slid $1.89, or 2.5 percent, to $75.16. Invesco lost 75 cents, or 2.1 percent, to $35.72.

PepsiCo reported better-than-expected quarterly results as higher prices for drinks and snacks boosted both profit and revenue for the beverage and packaged foods company. Pepsico's sales volumes in North America were soft, however. That appeared to weigh on the company's shares, which slid 53 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $113.74.

Rent-A-Center was among the stocks that made big moves. The company climbed 8.9 percent after its board of directors rejected a takeover offer of $15 a share from Vintage Capital Management. Rent-A-Center rose 99 cents to $12.09.

The parent company of the disappearing-message service Snapchat slumped a day after it closed below its IPO price. Snap slid $1.52, or 8.9 percent, to $15.47.

Energy futures closed broadly higher.

The price of oil rebounded after dipping earlier in the day. Benchmark U.S. crude picked up 64 cents, or 1.4 percent, to settle at $45.04 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, used to price international oils, rose 64 cents, or 1.4 percent, to $47.52 a barrel in London.

In other commodities trading, gold rose $1.50 to $1,214.70 an ounce. Silver added 12 cents to $15.75 an ounce. Copper inched up 2 cents to $2.67 a pound.

The dollar fell to 113.84 from 114.05 yen late Monday. The euro strengthened to $1.1476 from $1.1403.