U.S. stocks closed higher Tuesday as investors eyed recovery in oil prices and developments in Greece amid economic reports and earnings that continued to indicate less-than-robust growth. The dollar fell against world currencies, with the euro above $1.10 and the yen at 123 yen against the greenback. Light sweet crude oil for August delivery added 84 cents to $53.04 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while gold futures dropped $1.90 to $1,153.50 an ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 81, or 0.45 percent, to 18,059. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed 11, or 0.50 percent, to 2,110. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 41, or 0.82 percent, to 5,112.
