Stock Market Falls As Q3 Earnings Season Heats Up; Checkup On Consumer Inflation Due

The stock market finished lower Tuesday as Wall Street reacted to the start of third-quarter earnings season, with results from financial giants including JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Goldman Sachs (GS), while memory-chip makers Micron Technology (MU) and SK Hynix (SKHY) extended their run of losses. On deck for investors Wednesday is the critical consumer price index for September. The Federal…