U.S. stocks close slightly higher; Nasdaq lags

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)
U.S. stocks closed slightly higher Wednesday, coming back from moderate losses in the last hour, though the Nasdaq Composite ended lower after disappointing results from Oracle weighed on tech stocks.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended up 4.16 points, or 0.03%, to 12,107.74 after losing more than 100 points midday.
The S&P 500 ended up 2.42 points, or 0.2%, to 1,243.72, led by utilities and energy shares.
Tech was the only S&P 500 subsector to end in the red.
The Nasdaq Composite lost 25.76 points, or 1%, to 2,577.97