S&P Seizes All-Time High on Housing Outlook

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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Major U.S. stock markets ticked higher Tuesday after a Conference Board report showed a strengthening in consumer confidence offset indications of business weakness in the Midwest.

The S&P 500 added 0.25% to 1,597.54, snagging an all-time closing high for the index. The S&P rose 1.81% in April. ...