Stock market today: US stocks fall as tech, rate-cut doubts creep in

US stocks slid on Tuesday, pulling further back from record highs as uncertainty over interest rate cuts and the continued strength of tech stocks brought a note of wariness to the market. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) slipped about 0.4%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) moved roughly 0.3% lower after a losing start to the week. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) sank around 0.8% as a continued retreat in Apple (AAPL) and Tesla (TSLA) continued to drag on stocks more widely. The debate now is whether the tech gains behind the recent record-setting stock rally have reached…