US stocks recover modestly from big drop

Published February 4, 2014 9:21pm ET



The U.S. stock market is ending higher a day after suffering its biggest loss in more than seven months.

The Dow Jones industrial average rose 72.44 points, or 0.5 percent, to close at 15,445.24 Tuesday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index climbed 13.31 points, or 0.8 percent, to 1,755.20. The Nasdaq composite gained 34.56 points, or 0.9 percent, to 4,031.52.

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