Discretionary stocks prop up Wall Street

With just over two weeks left before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, investors are on the watch for more details on his proposed policies such as tax cuts and higher fiscal spending. At 10:54 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 20.05 points, or 0.1 percent, at 19,901.81, the S&P 500 was up 8.37 points, or 0.37 percent, at 2,266.2 and the Nasdaq Composite index was up 29.72 points, or 0.55 percent, at 5,458.81. The S&P 500 consumer discretionary sector rose 1.1 per