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ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.barrons.com/articles/dow-finishes-higher-tuesday-and-a-new-high-looks-almost-inevitable-51555450227\nAfter the Bell\nThe Dow Gained 68 Points and a New High Looks Almost Inevitable\nBen Levisohn\nUpdated April 16, 2019 6:01 pm ET / Original April 16, 2019 5:30 pm ET\nIllustration by Michael Haddad\nRunning in place. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished higher Tuesday, on another quiet day for the U.S. stock market. Earnings season is in full swing, as Bank of America and UnitedHealth Group slipped despite better-than-expected earnings, and Netflix declined after the close after offering downbeat guidance. In today’s After the Bell, we...\n•...consider whether a new all-time high is a sure thing;\n•...highlight Qualcomm’s jump to the top of the S&P 500;\n•...and explain why HCA Healthcare sunk to the bottom of the index.\nNew Highs a Fait Accompli?\nThe stock market feels like it has one step forward-one step back playing on endless loop. Don’t be surprised, though, if it eventually makes its way back to new all-time highs.\nThe S&P 500 ticked up 1.48 points to 2907.06, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 67.89 points, or 0.3%, to 26,452.66, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.3% to 8000.23. The small gains followed small losses yesterday. The Dow is 1.4% away from its all-time high.\nThe S&P 500’s new high is just 0.8% away, market technicians are out in force, predicting a new high any day now. “A breakout to a new All Time High in the S&P above 2,944 is a fait accompli with the Index less than 1% away and the cross asset backdrop strengthening around it in a low volume Holiday shortened week,” Evercore ISI technical Rich Ross writes. His next target: 3000.\nAnd he’s not the only one, Phases & Cycle’s David Tippin and Ron Meisels aren’t quite as bullish, but they too see potential for more upside. For starters, the S&P 500’s 50-day moving average recently crossed back over the 200-day, a sign of strength. The index has also spent a month above 2820, where it faced massive resistance earlier this month. Now, they expect the S&P 500 to challenge its old high near 2940. “Most importantly, the longer the S&P 500 stays above 2,820 the greater the possibility that the potential minimum target of the recent inverse head and shoulders pattern—about 3,300—is a valid one,” Tippin and Meisels write. “Any sustained move above 2,940 should silence the bears completely.”\nAnd won’t that be a trick.\nThe Hot Stock:\nQualcomm (QCOM) surged to the top of the S&P 500, helped by news of a legal resolution with Apple (AAPL).\nQualcomm gained $13.27, or 23.2%, to $70.45.\nQualcomm and Apple had long been engaged in multibillion-dollar world-wide litigation over intellectual property, but today agreed to settle the royalty dispute for an undisclosed sum. The two companies agreed to a six-year licensing agreement, and Qualcomm forecast incremental EPS of $2 as product shipments increase.\nIn the past 12 months, Qualcomm is up 28.6%.\n—Teresa Rivas\nHCA Healthcare (HCA) slumped to the bottom of the index, on yet another difficult day for health insurers.\nHCA Healthcare lost $12.71, or 10%, to $114.38.\nThe health care sector had a difficult week last week, although they managed to stage a comeback on Monday. However, today the stocks were struggling again, with Cigna (CIG), Humana (HUM), Anthem (ANTM) and Centene (CNC) rounding out the five worst performing S&P stocks today, on worries about ongoing political calls for “Medicare for All.”\nIn the past 12 months, HCA Healthcare is up 17.4%.\n—T.R.\nWrite to Ben Levisohn at Ben.Levisohn@barrons.com\nRunning in place."