Stocks on Wall Street pushed higher on Tuesday as US consumer confidence rose in May following three straight months of declines. The Conference Board, a business research group, said the index rose to 102 from 97.5 in April. Analysts were expecting the index to decline again.
It came as the FTSE 100 (^FTSE) and European stocks were lower on Tuesday despite UK shop price rises returning to normal levels, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and research firm NielsenIQ.
Prices rose at an…
