U.S. stocks closed higher Tuesday after comments from a Federal Reserve (Fed) official raised hopes the central bank will continue to pump money into the financial system. The dollar rose against the euro, the pound, and the yen. Light sweet crude oil for June delivery fell 55 cents to $96.16 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold futures lost $6.50 to $1,377.60 an ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 52.3, or 0.34 percent, to 15,387.58. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed 2.87, or 0.17 percent, to 1,669.16. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 5.69, or 0.16 percent, to 3,502.12.
