NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ticked higher on Tuesday, pushing the S&P 500 to a record closing high above 2,100 as optimism grew that Greece would reach a deal with its creditors and as bond prices sold off.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 27.84 points, or 0.15 percent, to 18,047.19, the S&P 500 gained 3.31 points, or 0.16 percent, to 2,100.3 and the Nasdaq Composite added 5.43 points, or 0.11 percent, to 4,899.27.
(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
