Stocks ended mostly higher Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average lifted after upbeat earnings from retailing heavyweights Walmart Inc. and Home Depot Inc. The Dow DJIA, +0.71% rose around 239 points or 0.7%, to finish near 34,152, according to preliminary figures, while the S&P 500 SPX, +0.19% gained around 8 points, or 0.2%, to close near 4,305. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.19% lagged behind, falling around 26 points, or 0.2%, to 13,103.
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