Stocks closed higher on Wall Street after an afternoon push left major indexes just below their recent records.
The S&P 500 rose 0.4 percent Tuesday after drifting between small gains and losses for much of the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.3 percent, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.4 percent.
Boeing rose 3.5 percent after Korean Air announced a $50 billion deal with the company that includes buying more than 100 aircraft. Dish Network parent EchoStar surged 70.2 percent after AT&T said it will buy some of its wireless spectrum licenses in a $23 billion deal.
On Tuesday:
The S&P 500 rose 26.62 points, or 0.4 percent, to 6,465.94.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 135.60 points, or 0.3 percent, to 45,418.07.
The Nasdaq composite rose 94.98 points, or 0.4 percent, to 21,544.27.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 19.42 points, or 0.8 percent, to 2,358.60.
For the week:
The S&P 500 is down 0.97 points, or less than 0.1 percent.
The Dow is down 213.67 points, or 0.5 percent.
The Nasdaq is up 47.73 points, or 0.2 percent.
The Russell 2000 is down 3.35 points, or 0.1 percent.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is up 584.31 points, or 9.9 percent.
The Dow is up 2,873.85 points, or 6.8 percent.
The Nasdaq is up 2,233.48 points, or 11.6 percent.
The Russell 2000 is up 128.44 points, or 5.8 percent.
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