U.S. stocks finish higher as energy shares climb; Dow ends up 140 points
U.S. stock benchmarks on Tuesday gained but finished well off their best levels of the session as equity-market investors wrestled with falling yields that usually imply that investors are worried about the domestic economy. Still, the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.55% gained 141 points, or 0.6%, to 25,657, after earlier rising as many as 279 points. The S&P 500 index SPX, +0.72% advanced 0.7% to 2,818, while the technology-laden Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, +0.71% climbed 0.
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