NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks edged higher in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday, putting the market a bit closer to the record high it set in late March.
The S&P 500 rose 0.1% and is within about 0.5% of its record set in late March. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 83 points, or 0.2% to 39,515 as of 10:09 a.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.2%.
Several “meme” stocks were racing higher again including GameStop and AMC Entertainment in a reprise of the social-media driven frenzy of three years ago.