Tuesday, the Dow gained 72.83 points (0.40%) to finish at 18,332.43, the NASDAQ closed 27.32 points (0.53%) higher at 5,193.49, and the S&P 500 increased 8.01 points (0.38%) to 2,139.53. The Russell 2000 was up 2.89 points (0.24%) at 1,195.14, and the Wilshire 5000 climbed 73.48 points (0.33%) to 22,133.57.

On the NYSE, 3.1 billion shares traded, with 1.3 advancing issues for every declining issue. On the NASDAQ, 2.9 billion shares changed hands, with a slight lead for advancers.

ON THIS DATE: In 1906, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt left for Panama to see the progress on the new canal. It was the first foreign trip by a U.S. president. In 1911, George Claude of Paris, France, applied for a patent on neon advertising signs. In 1935, United Mine Workers president John L. Lewis and other labor leaders formed the Committee for Industrial Organization. In 1965, the great Northeast blackout occurred as several states and parts of Canada were hit by a series of power failures lasting up to 13 1/2 hours. In 1976, the U.N. General Assembly approved ten resolutions condemning the apartheid government in South Africa. In 1984, a bronze statue titled “Three Servicemen,” by Frederick Hart, was unveiled at the site of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. In 1989, Communist East Germany opened its borders, allowing its citizens to travel freely to West Germany. In 2004, U.S. First Lady Laura Bush officially reopened Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House to pedestrians.