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Stocks opened slightly higher Tuesday after encouraging reports on housing and earnings and as the dollar retreated.
The S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index rose for a fourth straight month, beating expectations.
The dollar pulled back as traders booked profits from Monday's gains, which spurred the selloff in stocks.
On Monday, the Dow posted its first back-to-back triple-digit drops since June as the markets were impacted by a rising dollar, falling commodity prices, and other factors.
Banks including Bank of America [BAC
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Energy stocks including ExxonMobil [XOM
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In today's earnings news, TD Ameritrade and US Steel were among companies reporting earnings that beat analyst expectations.
US Steel posted a loss of $2.11 a share that was considerably less than the $2.87 that analysts expected. TD Ameritrade posted a $0.26 profit on record organic growth.
Energy giant BP also contributed to the move higher, posting a profit drop of 34 percent that beat analyst estimates, driven by aggressive cost-cutting.
At 10 am New York time, the Conference Board is out with its monthly Consumer Confidence Index, with consensus forecasts looking for a reading of 53.2 for October, compared to the September reading of 53.1.
The government continues its record week of auctions with the sale of $44 billion in 2-year notes, with the results available shortly after 1 pm New York time. On Wednesday will see the sale of $41 billion in 5-year notes, followed by $31 billion in 7-year notes on Thursday.
Some encouraging news from the auto sector, as Honda nearly triples its yearly profit forecast.
At the same time, we're hearing about a slight setback for Ford [STI
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- Peter Schacknow contributed to this article.
This Week:
TUESDAY: Case-Shiller home-price index; Conference Board consumer confidence; Ruth Madoff hearing; Earnings from BP, Visa and US Steel
WEDNESDAY: Weekly mortgage applications; durable-goods orders; new-home sales; weekly crude inventories; executive-compensation hearing; Earnings from ConocoPhillips, GlaxoSmithKline and General Dynamics
THURSDAY: 80th anniversary of 1929 market crash; Weekly jobless claims; first look at Q3 GDP; Larry Summers speaks in NYC; Earnings from AstraZeneca, ExxonMobil, P&G, Aetna, Kellogg, Motorola and Sprint Nextel
FRIDAY: Personal income and spending; consumer sentiment; Earnings from Chevron
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