Stocks finished a choppy opening session of 2019 slightly higher.
The Dow Jones Industrials rose 18 points.
Oil prices rose today, getting a boost from signs Saudi Arabia is starting to make good on vows to cut output. February crude jumped $1.13, or 2.5%, to settle at $46.54 a barrel -- a two-week high.
Louisiana has been awarded nearly $8 million to increase the quality of early childhood education around the state. The majority of the funding comes from the U.S. Department of Education's Competitive Preschool Development Grant, while the rest comes from the Kellogg Foundation.
This could present a challenge to one of your New Year’s resolutions: theres’s a new Oreo cookie on store shelves today! The ‘Dark Chocolate Oreo’ has dark chocolate-flavored cream sandwiched between two classic oreo chocolate wafers. In a statement, Oreo said the new cookie will “help (you) embrace these colder, darker days.