Wall Street rises in quiet Christmas Eve trading session
Wall Street's main indexes rose on Tuesday in a truncated trading session before Christmas, with the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq up for the third consecutive day, helped by gains in a handful of megacap and growth stocks. Broadcom and Nvidia provided the biggest boost to the indexes, advancing 2.7% and 0.7%, respectively, while Consumer Discretionary and Technology led gains among S&P 500 sectors. At 09:42 a.m. the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 32.38 points, or 0.08%, to 42,939.33, the S&P 500 gained 21.68 points, or 0.36%, to 5,995.75, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 116.55 points, or 0.59%, to 19,881.43.