Stocks climb again to all-time highs

Stocks are closing at all-time highs on Wall Street on Tuesday as the market resumed its climb after a holiday break.The gains were led by high-dividend companies such as real estate and utility companies.Kraft Heinz fell 1.8% after withdrawing its offer...

Stocks climb again to all-time highs

Stocks are closing at all-time highs on Wall Street on Tuesday as the market resumed its climb after a holiday break.

The gains were led by high-dividend companies such as real estate and utility companies.

Kraft Heinz fell 1.8% after withdrawing its offer to buy Unilever. Investors were hoping Kraft might buy another food or consumer products company.

J.M. Smucker gained 4.4% and Oreo maker Mondelez climbed 5.8%.

The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 14 points, or 0.6%, to 2,365.

The Dow Jones industrial average gained 118 points, or 0.6%, to 20,743. The Nasdaq composite rose 27 points, or 0.5%, to 5,865.

Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note edged up to 2.43%.

Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster is Trump’s new national security advisor. Officer Keith Boyer spent 27 years patrolling the streets of Whittier. It's legal for an ICE agent to pretend to be an officer in an immigration raid. But should it be? Bernie Sanders spoke in downtown L.A. on Sunday. 

Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster is Trump’s new national security advisor. Officer Keith Boyer spent 27 years patrolling the streets of Whittier. It's legal for an ICE agent to pretend to be an officer in an immigration raid. But should it be? Bernie Sanders spoke in downtown L.A. on Sunday. 

Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster is Trump’s new national security advisor. Officer Keith Boyer spent 27 years patrolling the streets of Whittier. It's legal for an ICE agent to pretend to be an officer in an immigration raid. But should it be? Bernie Sanders spoke in downtown L.A. on Sunday. 

Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster is Trump’s new national security advisor. Officer Keith Boyer spent 27 years patrolling the streets of Whittier. It's legal for an ICE agent to pretend to be an officer in an immigration raid. But should it be? Bernie Sanders spoke in downtown L.A. on Sunday. 

Police shooting in Whittier.

Police shooting in Whittier.

Hundreds protest President Trump at "Not My President" rally in downtown Los Angeles

Hundreds protest President Trump at "Not My President" rally in downtown Los Angeles

(Video by Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)

(Video by Katie Falkenberg / Los Angeles Times)

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks about a working class world while discussing his new book “Our Revolution” with Los Angeles Times columnist and political cartoonist, David Horsey, at the Ideas Exchange event in The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles on Feb. 19, 2017.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks about a working class world while discussing his new book “Our Revolution” with Los Angeles Times columnist and political cartoonist, David Horsey, at the Ideas Exchange event in The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles on Feb. 19, 2017.

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