Stocks opened with small gains Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and Dow notching another round of record highs, as investors awaited a Senate confirmation hearing for Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve official tapped by President Donald Trump to replace Janet Yellen as head of the central bank when her term ends in February. The S&P 500 rose 0.2%, while the Dow industrials advanced 55 points, or 0.2%. The Nasdaq Composite rose 0.2%.
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