Wall Street's major averages inched up on Tuesday, a day after the market closed higher helped by a boost from tech stocks.  Early on and the S&P 500 (SP500) was +0.5%, the Nasdaq Composite (COMP:IND) was +0.

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.

US stock futures were mixed on Tuesday ahead of a shortened trading session due to Christmas Eve. The stock market will close early at 1:00 pm ET, while the bond market will shut at 2:00 pm ET. Both markets will remain closed on December 25 for Christmas.

Wall Street's major market indices have kicked off the holiday-shortened trading week on a mixed note as investors ready themselves for the 2025 trading year. As the trading day progresses, the financial community has seen a downward shift in the blue-chip Dow (DJI) as the index dipped 0.

Stocks shook off a choppy start to finish higher Monday, as Wall Street kicked off a holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 ended 0.7% higher after having been down 0.5% in the early going. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also recovered from an early slide to eke out a 0.

Stock indexes are drifting in the early going on Wall Street as gains for some Big Tech stocks make up for weakness elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 edged