Stock Indexes Rise for 4th Straight Day

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street, giving the market its first four-day winning streak since September, the AP reports. Technology companies and banks posted big gains Wednesday. Those stocks tend to benefit the most from economic growth. Apple added 1.7% and Citigroup also rose 1.7%. Energy companies benefited from the eighth straight gain in the price of oil. Stocks stumbled in late trading after President Trump cut short a meeting on ending the partial government shutdown, calling it a "waste of time." The S&P 500 rose 10 points, or 0.4%, to 2,584. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 91 points, or 0.4%, to 23,879. The Nasdaq rose 60 points, or 0.9%, to 6,957. (More stock market stories.)