NEW YORK—Stocks ended modestly higher Wednesday, extending Wall Street’s recent winning streak to its fourth day in a row and chipping away more of the market’s losses this month.
After a choppy day of trading, the S&P 500 closed 0.4 percent higher. The benchmark index remains down 1.6 percent for August, with one trading day left in the month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.1 percent, while the Nasdaq composite added 0.5 percent.
