Stock market news lives updates: Stock futures steady after bear market slide as rate decision looms

U.S. stocks struggled for direction on Tuesday following a plunge that sent the S&P 500 into its first bear market since the height of the pandemic. The S&P 500 fluctuated between gains and losses intraday on Tuesday, after the index dropped to its lowest level since Jan. 2021 a day earlier. The S&P 500 also…