U.S. stocks closed up Tuesday below their highs for the first trading session of 2017 as oil prices dropped. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 119.16 points, or 0.6%, to finish at 19,881.76, led higher by shares of Nike Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. . The S&P 500 index closed up 19.00 points, or 0.9%, at 2,257.83, with the telecom and health care sectors the strongest performers. The Nasdaq Composite index finished up 45.97 points, or 0.9%, at 5,429.08. February oil futures settled down 2.6% at $52.33 a barrel.
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