Dow Ends Day Up 69

Stocks ended a wobbly day mostly higher as gains for technology and health care stocks offset losses in the energy sector, the AP reports. Cisco Systems climbed 2% Tuesday and Pfizer added 1%. Energy stocks slumped broadly as the price of crude oil gave back almost 5%. Chevron lost 1.5% and Exxon Mobil lost 1.1%. Trading was subdued ahead of the Independence Day holiday in the US Thursday. Markets will close early on Wednesday. High-dividend stocks like real estate and utilities rose. The S&P 500 index rose 8 points, or 0.3%, to 2,973. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 69 points, or 0.3%, to 26,786. The Nasdaq added 17 points, or 0.2%, to 8,109. Small-company stocks fell. (More stock market stories.)