(CNBC) -- Stocks rose broadly on Tuesday as Wall Street wrapped up its best quarterly performance in decades.

The S&P 500 traded 1.7% higher while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite advanced 2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 253 points, or 1%. The major averages hit their session high with less than an hour left in the session.

Dow rallies more than 200 to close out its best quarter since 1987 - WND
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Dow rallies more than 200 to close out its best quarter since 1987 - WND

(CNBC) -- Stocks rose broadly on Tuesday as Wall Street wrapped up its best quarterly performance in decades. The S&P 500 traded 1.7% higher while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite advanced 2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 253 points,