Stocks closed higher on Wall Street after an afternoon push left major indexes just below their recent records.
The S&P 500 rose 0.4% Tuesday after drifting between small gains and losses for much of the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.4%.
Boeing rose 3.5% after Korean Air announced a $50 billion deal with the company that includes buying more than 100 aircraft. Dish Network parent EchoStar surged 70.2% after AT&T said it will buy some of its wireless spectrum licenses in a $23 billion deal.
On Tuesday:
The S&P 500 rose 26.62 points, or 0.4%, to 6,465.94.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 135.60 points, or 0.3%, to 45,418.07.
The Nasdaq composite rose 94.98 points, or 0.4%, to 21,544.27.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 19.42 points, or 0.8%, to 2,358.60.
For the week:
The S&P 500 is down 0.97 points, or less than 0.1%.
The Dow is down 213.67 points, or 0.5%.
The Nasdaq is up 47.73 points, or 0.2%.
The Russell 2000 is down 3.35 points, or 0.1%.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is up 584.31 points, or 9.9%.
The Dow is up 2,873.85 points, or 6.8%.
The Nasdaq is up 2,233.48 points, or 11.6%.
The Russell 2000 is up 128.44 points, or 5.8%.