US stocks rising as investors await Fed meeting

U.S. stocks rose Tuesday as investors weighed earnings reports from several companies and awaited news from a two-day U.S. Federal Reserve meeting that ends Wednesday. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average rose 53 points, or 0.3 percent, to 16,871 as of 12:20 p.m. The Standard & Poor's 500 index climbed 10 points, or 0.5 percent, to 1,972.

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