Wall Street gains in choppy trade as tariff threat looms

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks eked out a small gain on Tuesday after a choppy session as investors worried about the prospects of a trade war due to mixed signals from Washington on whether U.S. President Donald Trump would follow through with proposed tariffs.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average <.DJI> rose 9.36 points, or 0.04 percent, to 24,884.12, the S&P 500 <.SPX> gained 7.18 points, or 0.26 percent, to 2,728.12 and the Nasdaq Composite <.IXIC> added 41.30 points, or 0.56 percent, to 7,372.01.

(Reporting by Sinead Carew; Editing by James Dalgleish)