NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday with traders' sights set again on Wednesday's Federal Reserve statement on the economy and a possible new round of stimulus.

On last trading session of the week, The NASDAQ Composite Index (INDEXNASDAQ: IXIC) rallied above 1%, with AuthenTec, Inc. (NASDAQ:AUTH) leading the advancers following tech giant Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) announcing that it was purchasing the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks extended gains on Friday, with the Nasdaq up more than 2 percent and the Dow above 13000 on rising hopes for further stimulus measures from Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank.

The NASDAQ Composite Index (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) advanced more than 1%, with AuthenTec, Inc. (NASDAQ:AUTH) leading gainers after Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) decided to acquire the fingerprint sensor maker for about $350 million.

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) is up today and has added E2open, Inc. on the NASDAQ Global Market trading list. E2open, is a provider of cloud-based, on-demand software solutions to be used for collaborative execution across global ...

1 of 5. People wait on a street in front of an Apple store as they await sales of the new iPad in the Apple store in Munich in this March 16, 2012 file photo.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Tuesday, hit by signs the euro zone crisis is worsening and by evidence that Europe's slowdown is hurting American companies, including bellwether UPS.

The boards of the Nasdaq Stock Market and the NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) are preparing to introduce a compensation plan for brokerages that faced losses during the Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) botched IPO.

European financial woes returned to disturb the stock markets and overshadowed strong financial reports to end the benchmarks' three-day gaining string.

At last check, the tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) was down -0.75% to 2943.36, floating in a range of 2939.73 - 2957.02.