Investing.com
Published Jan 19, 2021 01:53PM ET
Updated Jan 19, 2021 03:35PM ET
By Yasin Ebrahim
Investing.com – The Dow rose Tuesday on better-than-expected quarterly results and growing optimism that more stimulus is about to hit bank accounts under President-elect Joe Biden's administration.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.43%, or 131 points. The S&P 500 was up 0.86%, and the Nasdaq Composite gained 1.56%.
Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) reported fourth-quarter results that topped Wall Street estimates, but it shares slipped more than 1%. While Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) reported mixed results as revenue missed analysts estimates, the bank announced a $2.9 billion stock buyback program.
Elsewhere in financials, American Express (NYSE:AXP) rose 4% after JPMorgan upgraded the stock to overweight from neutral on expectations for a rebound in consumer spending.
In energy, Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) fell less than 1% despite reporting fourth-quarter earnings of $0.18 and revenue of $3.24 billion that topped analysts estimates.
Still, the broader energy sector remained well supported by rising oil prices on optimism further stimulus from the incoming Biden administration will boost demand.
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN), Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) were higher.
In other news, General Motors (NYSE:GM) said Microsoft was investing in Cruise, its autonomous vehicle project, sending its shares up 9%. Under the deal, Microsoft would be the preferred cloud provider for Cruise and General Motors.
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