U.S. stocks extend gains for fourth day on strong financial shares

U.S. stocks climbed for a fourth session on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow logging their longest win streak since February, following the release of the White House budget proposal for 2018. Financial stocks were the big winners, thanks to big gains in Goldman Sachs Group and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. . The S&P 500 rose 4 points, or 0.2%, to close at 2,398. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 43 points, or 0.2%, to end at 20,938 and the Nasdaq Composite Index edged up 5 points to finish at 6,138.

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