TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Tuesday
Stocks started strong and finished even stronger as home builder optimism and better than expected news from home improvement retailer Lowe’s encouraged buying from open to close. The Nasdaq Composite closed back above its 200-day moving average.
The Dow gained 235.44. The Nasdaq Composite closed higher by 52.22. And the S&P 500 ended the day up 26.83.
Here are 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Tuesday.
The biggest earnings announcement on Tuesday may be the one from Hewlett-Packard
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Among the companies reporting quarterly earnings before the bell Tuesday morning, Home Depot
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Goldman Sachs
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Along with Goldman Sachs, both Morgan Stanley
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