Stocks Waffle Around; Dow Moves Higher
March 30, 2010 at 18:00 PM EDT
Stocks bounced around on Tuesday as investors weighed a number of pressing issues. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 11.56 points after reaching an 18-month high during the previous session. Gains in 3M (MMM), Verizon Communications (VZ), and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) helped the Dow stay higher. A better-than-expected reading on consumer confidence initially took stocks higher, [...]