Stocks ended moderately higher Tuesday, with the Nasdaq Composite finishing at a record, after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified before a House panel, elaborating further on the central bank’s outlook for growth and inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+0.20%
rose around 69 points, or 0.2%, to close near 33,946, according to preliminary figures, while the S&P 500
SPX,
+0.51%
gained around 22 points, or 0.5%, ending near 4,246. The Nasdaq Composite
COMP,
+0.79%
ended near 14,253, a gain of around 112 points, or 0.8%, to eclipse its previous record close at 14,174.14 set on June 14.
