Government Shutdown Nears End, Lifting Investors’ Spirits—and Stocks

U.S. stocks climbed Tuesday after Congress moved closer to ending the government shutdown, promising investors less commercial disruption and better insight into the state of the economy. A day after tech shares powered indexes higher, investors shifted money to other parts of the market, leading to sizable gains in the healthcare, energy and materials sectors. “It makes sense just to have some digestion of a really strong day yesterday,” said Matt Stucky, chief portfolio manager of equities at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management.