heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 14.83, or nearly 0.7 percent, to 2,246.49. Shares of Red Hat jumped over 4 percent after the Linux software distributor reported better-than-expected sales. Shares of Research in Motion rose 11 percent and Tibco Software rose 7 percent after the two companies each reported better-than-expected profit. The New York Stock Exchange composite index rose 27.02 to 7,833.77. The American Stock Exchange composite index rose 12.61 to 1,765.70. And the Russell 2000 index rose 4.34 to 684.08.