Stocks Gain Ground, Oil Prices Fall as Ukraine Tensions Ease

Stocks Gain Ground, Oil Prices Fall as Ukraine Tensions Ease
The New York Stock Exchange in New York on Nov. 23, 2020. Seth Wenig/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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Stocks ended broadly higher on Wall Street Tuesday as investors welcomed signs that tensions might ease in Ukraine.

The S&P 500 rose 1.6 percent, the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 2.5 percent. and U.S. benchmark crude slid 3.6 percent.