U.S. stocks recovered from a late-afternoon slide to eke out small gains Tuesday, nudging the Nasdaq composite to its second record close in less than a week.
The three major stock indexes, all of which set new highs last Friday, rebounded from a slight decline Monday.
Investors focused on the latest batch of company earnings, bidding up health care, telecommunications and consumer-focused companies most.
The Dow Jones industrial average added 3.76 points, or 0.02 percent, to 18,533.05. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 0.85 points, or 0.04 percent, to 2,181.74. The Nasdaq composite index gained 12.34 points, or 0.2 percent, to 5,225.48. That's up less 0.1 percent from its most recent high last Friday.
For the year, the Dow is now up 6.4 percent, while the S&P is up 6.7 percent and the Nasdaq is up 4.4 percent.