Wall Street squeezed out a small gain Tuesday as traders got back to work from a three-day break to find oil prices retreating but little other data to guide them.
According to preliminary calculations, the Dow Jones industrial average added 5.13, or 0.04 percent, to 11,469.28, having changed direction several times during the session. The Dow rose 1.60 percent last week. Broader stock indicators were slightly higher. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index was up 2.24, or 0.17 percent, at 1,313.25, and the Nasdaq composite index picked up 12.54, or 0.57 percent, to 2,205.70.
