Wall Street's main indexes opened flat to slightly higher in Tuesday's shortened trading session, with U.S. stocks entering a historically strong period before rounding off their second consecutive year of gains.

The S&P 500 posted two new 52-week highs and one new low, while the Nasdaq Composite recorded 26 new highs and 43 new lows.

Technology stocks led a broad rally on Wall Street during a holiday-shortened trading session the day before Christmas.

Wall Street's main indexes all closed higher on Tuesday, with gains in megacap and growth stocks bolstering benchmarks in a truncated Christmas Eve session. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq Composite scored four straight sessions of gains,

Stocks shook off a choppy start to finish higher Monday, as Wall Street kicked off a holiday-shortened week. The S&P 500 ended 0.7% higher after having been down 0.5% in the early going. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also recovered from an early slide to eke out a 0.2% gain. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite rose 1%.

The Santa Claus Rally period starts Tuesday, with stocks rising an average of 1.3%. The Grinch might spoil our bullish holiday season, but the odds favor Santa's arrival.

One stock that's benefited immensely from the AI revolution is SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN). Enterprise customers license its technology to support their voice-activated AI agents, which are like chatbots that can behave autonomously in a specific environment.

Asian markets were mixed on Tuesday after stocks in Wall Street shook off a choppy start to finish higher the previous day as it kicked off a holiday-shortened week. U.S. futures were little changed and oil prices rose.

Stock indexes are drifting in the early going on Wall Street as gains for some Big Tech stocks make up for weakness elsewhere in the market. The S&P 500 edged