Indexes Eke Out Gains, Still Hit Record Highs

Stocks eked out slight gains on Wall Street Tuesday, enough to send major indexes to more record highs. The benchmark S&P 500 had its fifth gain in a row, the AP reports. Banks and companies that rely on consumer spending led the way higher. Goldman Sachs rose 1.4%. Stocks have been rising on optimism about an interim US-China trade deal announced on Friday. The S&P 500 rose 1 point, less than 0.1%, to 3,192. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 31 points, or 0.1%, to 28,267 and the Nasdaq rose 9 points, or 0.1%, to 8,823. Bond prices rose, sending yields slightly lower. (More stock market stories.)