U.S. stocks climbed closer to record highs Tuesday after a positive start to earnings season gave global markets a tailwind. The U.S. dollar gained ground against the euro, the pound, and the yen. Light sweet crude oil for August delivery rose 39 cents to $ 103.53 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold futures jumped $11.00 to $1,245.90 an ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 75.65, or 0.50 percent, to 15,300.34. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed 11.86, or 0.72 percent, to 1,652.32. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 19.43, or 0.56 percent, to 3,504.26.
