How the Dow Jones industrial average finished Tuesday
Stocks posted slight gains on Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average to another record, helped by shares of telecommunications companies such as Verizon, Sprint and AT&T.
On Tuesday:
The Dow Jones industrial rose 35.54 points, or 0.2 percent, to 19,251.78.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index picked up 7.52 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,212.23.
The Nasdaq composite added 24.11 points, or 0.5 percent, to 5,333.00.