
US close: Stocks higher as investors cheer tech earnings
At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.21% at 40,752.96, while the S&P 500 advanced 0.86% to 5,617.17 and the Nasdaq Composite saw out the session 1.78% firmer at 17,757.22. The Dow closed 83.60 points higher on Thursday, extending …