Wall Street ended lower on Tuesday for a third straight session as investors worried about a rise in interest rates while Apple's shares hit their lowest in over six months.

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 0.27 percent to end at 17,550.69 and the S&P 500 lost 0.22 percent to 2,093.32. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.19 percent finish at 5,105.55. Some 6.4 billion shares changed hands on U.S. exchanges, below the five-day average of 7.0 billion this month, according to BATS Global Markets.

The Visual Marketplace Index took a strong hit today, down 4.61 percent, largely on trading of Samsung (which was down over 10% in OTC markets trading) as well as a decreases across the portfolio, to finish the day at 259.08.