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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks gained ground on Tuesday as upbeat results from Walmart boosted investor sentiment and high-level U.S.-China trade talks resumed in Washington.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 8.07 points, or 0.03 percent, to 25,891.32, the S&P 500 gained 4.19 points, or 0.15 percent, to 2,779.79 and the Nasdaq Composite added 14.36 points, or 0.19 percent, to 7,486.77.

Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak

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