Wall St. edges up on consumer, housing boost

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, supported by upbeat consumer and housing data, in one of the lowest-volume sessions of the year.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> rose 14.89 points, or 0.07 percent, to 19,948.7, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 5.08 points, or 0.22 percent, to 2,268.87 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 24.75 points, or 0.45 percent, to 5,487.44.

(Reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak; Editing by Nick Zieminski)