Wall Street's main indexes were little changed on Tuesday following post-election gains over the past few days as focus moved to key U.S. inflation data later in the week for more signals on the country's economic and monetary policy outlook.

Wall Street was steady at the open on Tuesday as focus shifted from the U.S. election to key inflation data later in the week for more signals on the country's economic and monetary policy outlook.

US stocks were muted on Tuesday as investors were awaiting the key economic data such as inflation and retail sales due later in the week. At the opening bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 66.