U.S. stock indexes closed higher on Tuesday with the biggest boosts from the technology and healthcare sectors as investors appeared to bet on solid quarterly reports even as some worried that it was too early to celebrate.
In its fifth straight session of gains, the benchmark S&P 500 index finished just 0.4 percent below its early September record close while the Dow Jones Industrials average ended the day about 0.5 percent below its record reached in mid-August.
