Dow Jones dips 30 points on last trading day of year

NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stocks finished a stellar year on a limp note Tuesday, as investors and traders downed tools to celebrate the upcoming new year.

Here are the closing quotes for the major indices:

S&P 500 (^GSPC)

• Close: 5,881.63
• Change: -25.31 (minus 0.43 percent)
• Volume: 1.751B

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