Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street as investors return from a long holiday weekend and size up the latest company earnings and deal news.
The Dow Jones industrial average traded above 26,000 for the first time Tuesday.
Citigroup rose 1.6% after the bank reported higher earnings as well as an accounting charge related the new tax law.
Energizer Holdings surged 16.5% after the company said it will acquire the battery and lighting assets of Spectrum.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed 15 points, or 0.6%, to 2,801.
The Dow gained 214 points, or 0.8%, to 26,017. The Nasdaq rose 53 points, or 0.7%, to 7,315.
Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 2.53%.
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