U.S. stocks closed higher Tuesday, with the Dow and S&P 500 finished at new 5-year highs. The dollar lost ground versus the euro and the yen but gained ground against the pound. Light sweet crude oil for March delivery rose 80 cents to $96.66 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold futures dropped $5.30 to $1,604.20. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 53.91, or 0.39 percent, to 14,035.67. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 11.15, or 0.73 percent, to 1,530.94. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index moved up 21.57, or 0.68 percent, to 3,213.60.
