
US close: Stocks higher following PPI, Q2 bank earnings
At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.53% at 44,254.78, while the S&P 500 advanced 0.32% to 6,263.70 and the Nasdaq Composite saw out the session 0.25% firmer at 20,730.49. The Dow closed 231.49 points higher on Wednesday, taking a …