Tuesday, the Dow gained 67.89 points (0.26%) to finish at 26,452.66, the NASDAQ climbed 24.21 points (0.30%) to 8,000.23, and the S&P 500 was up 1.48 points (0.05%) at 2,907.06. The Russell 2000 closed 3.62 points (0.23%) higher at 1,582.79, and the Wilshire 5000 increased 17.08 points (0.06%) to 30,047.63.

The price of the 10-year Treasury note decreased 10/32, bringing its yield up to 2.590%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond fell 14/32, increasing its yield to 2.991%.

ON THIS DATE: In 1521, Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church. In 1524, New York Harbor was discovered by Giovanni Verrazano. In 1629, horses were first imported into the colonies by the American Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1704, John Campbell published what would eventually become the first successful American newspaper. It was known as the Boston “News-Letter.” In 1861, Virginia became the eighth state to secede from the Union. In 1864, U.S. Civil War General Grant banned the trading of prisoners. In 1865, Mary Surratt was arrested as a conspirator in the Lincoln assassination. In 1961, about 1,400 U.S.-supported Cuban exiles invaded Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. It was an unsuccessful attack. In 1964, Jerrie Mock became first woman to fly an airplane solo around the world. In 1964, the Ford Motor Company unveiled its new Mustang model. In 1969, in Los Angeles, Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of assassinating U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy. In 1970, Apollo 13 returned to Earth safely after an on-board accident with an oxygen tank. In 1993, a federal jury in Los Angeles convicted two former police officers of violating the civil rights of beaten motorist Rodney King.

WEDNESDAY WISDOM: “But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a man and the life he leads?”—Albert Camus, French philosopher, author, and journalist