U.S. stocks closed at fresh highs Wednesday for a fifth-straight day. The dollar traded lower against a basket of currencies. Light sweet crude oil for March delivery fell 9 cents to $53.11 per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while gold futures climbed 0.59 percent to $1,232.60 per ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average added 106.76, or 0.52 percent, to 20,611.17. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 11.67, or 0.50 percent, to 2,349.25. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 36.87, or 0.64 percent, to 5,819.44.