In the bond market, Treasury yields held relatively steady after a report showed U.S. employers were advertising slightly more job openings at the end of October than a month earlier. Continued strength there would raise optimism that the economy could remain out of a recession that many investors had earlier worried was inevitable.

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, after technology stocks pulled Wall Street to another record finish. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% Monday from the previous session’s all-time high to post a record for the 54th time this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 128 points, or 0.3%, while the Nasdaq composite gained 1%.

U.S. stocks are drifting around their records on Tuesday ahead of the week’s first big update on how well the job market is doing. The S&P 500 was virtually flat in early trading, a day after rising tech stocks helped it set an all-time high for the 54th time this year.