NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks mostly closed higher on Tuesday (Mar 25), building on earlier gains amid hopes that US President Donald Trump might take a narrower approach to upcoming tariffs than originally expected.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was flat at 42,587.50, while the broad-based S&P 500 Index advanced 0.2 per cent to 5,776.65.
The tech-focused Nasdaq Composite Index added 0.5 per cent to 18,271.86.
“The absence of bad news is good news for stocks,” said Adam Sarhan of 50 Park Investments.