India, June 3 -- Stocks have moved mostly higher during trading on Tuesday, extending the upward move seen over the course of the previous session. The major averages have all moved to the upside, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq leading the charge.
Currently, the major averages are just off their highs of the session. The Nasdaq is up 141.16 points or 0.7 percent at 19,383.77, the S&P 500 is up 22.63 points or 0.4 percent at 5,958.57 and the Dow is up 86.04 points or 0.2 percent at 42,391.52.
The strength that has emerged on Wall Street comes following the release of a Labor Department report showing an unexpected increase by job openings in the U.S. in the month of April.
The Labor Department said job openings climbed to 7.391 million in Apr...