: S&P 500 tries for longest winning streak since 2021 as U.S. stocks open marginally higher

U.S. stocks opened modestly higher on Tuesday as the S&P 500 tries for a fifth day in the green — what would be the index’s longest winning streak of 2023. The S&P 500 SPX climbed 5 points, or 0.1%, to 4,129. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA lagged, falling 7 points, or less than 0.1%, to 33,593. The Nasdaq Composite COMP rose by 19 points, or 0.2%, to 12,208. The S&P 500 hasn’t been up five days in a row since Nov. 8, 2021, when it capped off an eight-day winning streak, according to FactSet data.

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