Wall Street closes near to daily highs

FXStreet (San Francisco) - The US stocks market advanced for second day as investors digested well weaker than expected confidence index from the housing sector and the Empire State index while higher March CPI and stronger corporate earnings fueled confidence.

The Dow Jones advanced 89.32 pts or 0.55% to finish the session at 16,262.56; the S&P 500 added 12.37 pts or 0.68% to close at 1,842.98; while the Nasdaq rose 11.47 pts or 0.29% to 4,034.16.