U.S. Stocks Keep Gains; S&P 500 Closes At New High

U.S. stocks held gains into Tuesday’s closing bell as renewed hopes that the Federal Reserve will maintain its current easy-money policies helped lift the S&P 500 index to another record high close. Hitting a monthly high, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 76.48 points, or 0.5% to close at 15,468.68. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 9.5 [...]