Alcoa Inc.'s trailed earnings and worst results, and China's cool economic growth, has resulted in falling U. S stocks on Tuesday, with the Standard & Poor's 500 Index retreating for the first time this year.

Alcoa registered a narrower quarterly loss late Monday, sinking by 7.3% but Wall Street's forecast was for a small per-share profit, and the aluminum company's stock lowered 8.3 percent to $16.01. The world's second-biggest video-game publisher reported preliminary results that fell short of analysts' estimates, causing a 8.5% decrease sales for Electronic Arts Inc.

In addition, the S&P 500 had decreased for the last six days, and for 13 out of the last 15 segments. Both the Dow industrials and the S&P hit 15-month highs in the last session. The S&P had been in a process to attain a 1987 seven-day gain mark to start a new year.

Intel Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are among other companies expected to post results this week. Combined profit for S&P 500 companies surged 62 percent during the fourth quarter in the first increase since 2007, according to a Bloomberg survey of analysts.

The trade deficit in the U. S. widened in November surpassing the level anticipated as imports rose rapidly than exports, signifying a rebound in global demand that is adding to the growth.

Keith Wirtz augurs $18 billion as the chief investment officer at Fifth Third Asset Management Inc. in Cincinnati and claims, "The stock market may turn for two or three weeks until we see an indication of what kind of outlook is being provided by companies".