4:15PM EST: U.S. stocks advanced for a third day:

The S&P 500 added 5.56, or 0.4 percent, to 1,408.6. The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 65.71, or 0.5 percent, to 12,897.89. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 1.58, or 0.1 percent, to 2,496.7.

(Bloomberg)