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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Crude and gold futures were little changed early Tuesday morning as investors await data on home prices and consumer confidence due later in the morning. Crude for February delivery slid 0.1% to $78.68 a barrel, and February gold futures lost 0.1% to $1,106.70 an ounce. The American Petroleum Institute will report its weekly petroleum data later Tuesday, while the Energy Information Administration will release its data Wednesday. Analysts polled by Platts expect the data to show a drop of 2.2 million barrels in U.S. crude inventories.
