India, March 12 -- Stocks have fluctuated over the course of the trading session on Tuesday but have largely maintained a positive bias. With the upward move on the day, the Nasdaq and S&P 500 are regaining ground following the pullback seen over the two previous sessions.
Currently, the major averages are off their highs of the session but still in positive territory. The Nasdaq is up 192.42 points or 1.2 percent at 16,211.70, the S&P 500 is up 46.49 points or 0.9 percent at 5,164.43 and the Dow is up 227.47 points or 0.6 percent at 38,997.13.
The strength on Wall Street partly reflects a positive reaction to the Labor Department's highly anticipated report on consumer price inflation in the month of February.
The Labor Department said ...