Wall Street closes higher as banks stocks rise

By Ovunc Kutlu

NEW YORK (AA) - Wall Street on Tuesday closed higher with increase in stocks of banks.

The Dow rose 43 points to end the day at 20,937 and the S&P 500 added 4 points to 2,398.

The Nasdaq increased 5 points to finish trading at 6,138.

The three major indexes closed with gains for the fourth trading day in a row.

Major investment banking firms Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley saw their shares increase by 1.7 percent and 1.8 percent, respectively.

Bank of America stock price rose 1.5 percent.