U.S. stocks rose Wednesday, a continuation of back-and-forth action amid mixed first-quarter earnings. The Dow Jones Index climbed 89 points, or 0.5%, to 18,038 and the S&P 500 Index rose a similar amount to 2,108. Including results from 113 companies in the S&P 500, earnings are on track to fall 3.9% from a year earlier, according to FactSet. About 76% of those companies have beaten profit expectations that were slashed heading into the reporting season.
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