 Stocks close modestly higher today as the third quarter gets underway. The Dow is up 50 points. The Nasdaq rose 146 points. The S&P 500 gained 14 points. This is NPR. Hurricane Beryl is a powerful Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 155 miles an hour, putting it on the brink of becoming a Category 5 hurricane. One of the islands of Grenada is said to have suffered damage when the storm made landfall there today.