U.S. stock-market indexes held on to modest gains on Tuesday, trading in record territory as President Trump delivered speech at the United Nations General Assembly. Trump singled out North Korea and Iran as rouge states and called for more economical isolation of these regimes. He also said that if the U.S. “is forced to defend itself for its allies, we’ll have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea.” The S&P 500 was up 1.8 points, or 0.1%, at 2,505. The Nasdaq Composite index inched 7 points, or 0.1% higher to 6,461. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 25 points, or 0.1%, at 22,356.
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