U.S. stocks finish higher, with Dow climbing around 340 points, as investors digest earnings

U.S. stocks finish higher, with Dow climbing around 340 points, as investors digest earnings

U.S. stocks ended higher Tuesday, booking back-to-back gains, as investors digested earnings results from companies including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+1.12%

closed 1.1% higher, while the S&P 500
SPX,
+1.14%

gained around 1.2% and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.9%, according to preliminary data from FactSet. Goldman
GS,
+2.33%

was among the Dow’s best performers with a gain of more than 2%, FactSet data show. Shares of the Wall Street bank rallied after topping its third-quarter earnings target and confirming a reorganization plan.

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