U.S. stocks rose late on Tuesday narrowed. Japan announced it would buy the European bond market, the news concerns the debt crisis of the euro zone slowed. A storm is approaching New York City, started badly and corporate earnings season so that investors can not put a big bet on the market.
EDT at 15:24 on January 11, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 28.11 points to 11,665.56 points, or 0.24%; the Nasdaq composite index rose 6.34 points to 2,714.14 points, or 0.23%; the S & P 500 Index rose 3.39 points to 1,273.14 points, or 0.27%.
Dow component Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) rose 1.7% after UBS AG (UBS) investment grade the company's stock from "neutral" from "buy."
Dow component, aluminum giant Alcoa (AA) fell 1.2%, the company late Monday reported that aluminum prices and increased demand for its fourth quarter earnings exceeded expectations, and provide a more promising results objectives. But lower than expected sales growth.
Dow telecommunications stocks in general fell. Verizon Communications (VZ) fell 1.8%, AT & T (T) fell 1.8%, after Verizon Wireless announced that from next month is expected to start selling the new version iPhone 4 smart phone. This will end the 2007 Apple (AAPL) iPhone series phones since the launch of AT & T, the exclusive for this best-selling products to provide wireless network situation.