U.S. stocks on Tuesday gained as the latest round of corporate earnings came in ahead of Wall Street's estimates, helping to buoy market sentiment. The S&P 500 rose 13 points, or 0.6%, to finish at 2,139 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 75 points, or 0.4%, to close at 18,161. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 44 points, or 0.9%, to finish at 5,243. Closely watched companies like Goldman Sachs Group Inc. , Netflix Inc. and UnitedHealth Group Inc. all turned in better-than-expected quarterly earnings.
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