U.S. stocks climbed to new record highs. The dollar held around 0.1 percent against a basket of currencies. Light sweet crude oil for March delivery added 1.6 percent to $53.86 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while gold futures dropped $1.50 to $1,235.30 per ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 96, or 0.48 percent, to 20,268. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index increased 8, or 0.35 percent, to 2,315. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index climbed 19, or 0.34 percent, to 5,734.