U.S. stocks rose Tuesday, helped by stronger-than-expected quarterly corporate results and after mixed U.S. inflation data. The U.S. dollar was mixed, rising against a basket of other currencies but falling sharply versus the British pound. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose 35 cents, or 0.7 percent, to $50.29 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold futures rose $6.30, or 0.5 percent, to $1,262.90 an ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 75.54, or 0.4 percent, to 18,161.94. Twenty-two of the index's 30 components rose, led by UnitedHealth, whose shares jumped 7 percent on the health-insurance giant's third-quarter results. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 13.10, or 0.6 percent, to 2,139.60. Materials and healthcare led all 11 sectors higher. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 44.02, or 0.85 percent, to 5,243.84. Shares of streaming giant Netflix jumped 19 percent after its quarterly results beat estimates and its international subscriber growth beat expectations.
