Wall Street ends higher after early North Korea selloff

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks ended higher on Tuesday after recovering from steep early losses brought by fears of escalation of hostilities in the Korean Peninsula.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> rose 56.97 points, or 0.26 percent, to 21,865.37, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 2.06 points, or 0.08 percent, to 2,446.3 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 18.87 points, or 0.3 percent, to 6,301.89.

(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by Dan Grebler)