Stocks are closing with solid gains as Wall Street puts the finishing touches on one of its best months of the year. The S&P rose 0.7% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 188 points, or 0.4%.

Large-cap U.S. stocks have outperformed virtually all comers over the past 15 years. According to some of the world’s largest investment banks, that is unlikely to change in 2025.

U.S. stocks are hanging near their records on Tuesday as Wall Street takes Donald Trump’s latest talk about tariffs in stride.

World shares are mixed after losses for big technology stocks pulled major indexes lower on Wall Street. Tokyo advanced while markets in China declined.

Stocks are off to a mixed start on Wall Street as losses for Big Tech companies offset gains elsewhere in the market

The Dow rose 7.5% in November, easily its best month of 2024. The Walt Disney Co. has the biggest percentage gain for the month at 22.1%, but the price-weighted index also got a boost from Goldman Sachs, up 17.5% to $608.57 and Salesforce, up more than 13% to $329.99.