Wall Street hangs near its records as Krispy Kreme and Trump Media soar WSOC TV [Video]

NEW YORK — (AP) — U.S. stocks are ticking higher Tuesday, near their record levels.

The S&P 500 was up 0.3% in midday trading, coming off a listless performance where it edged a bit further from its all-time high set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 91 points, or 0.2%, as of 11:30 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.3% higher.

Much of the heavy lifting for the market was courtesy of Big Tech stocks. A 5.1% rise for Tesla, 0.3% climb for Microsoft and 1% gain for Meta Platforms were three of the strongest forces pushing the S&P 500 upward.

But several smaller companies were making some of the splashiest moves. Krispy Kreme jumped 29.2%, after it announced a deal where McDonald’s restaurants will sell its doughnuts across the country. It will begin later this year and hopes to be nationwide by the end …