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The 4 Stocks That Lifted the Dow on Tuesday

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July 28, 2015: Markets opened higher on Tuesday after the Shanghai market closed with a modest loss compared with Monday’s 8.5% dive. U.S. consumer confidence came in lower than expected and home price increases were smaller than expected. Gold ticked down today and crude oil rose about 0.7%, but still finished below $48 a barrel. Shortly before the closing bell the DJIA traded up 1.12% for the day, the S&P 500 traded up 1.27%, and the Nasdaq Composite traded up 0.96%.

The DJIA stock posting the largest daily percentage gain ahead of the close Tuesday was Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE: XOM) which traded higher by 4.18%% at $82.57. The stock’s 52-week range is $78.97 to $104.76. Trading volume was about 50% above the daily average of around 11 million. The company had no specific news today, but oil prices rose and the report from BP was not as bad as some had feared. Chevron is also up nearly 4% today, as is Caterpillar, other DJIA stocks that rally round the price of crude.

UnitedHealth Group Inc. ) traded up 2.94% at $121.34. The stock’s 52-week range is $78.74 to $126.05, and the low was posted today. About 3.8 million shares traded hands today, around 10% below the daily average of about 4.4 million. The company had no specific news today.

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) traded up 2.77% at $35.29. The stock’s 52-week range is $27.51 to $35.53. Trading volume was about 10% above the daily average of around 22.5 million. The company reported strong earnings this morning.

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) traded up 2.12% at $28.95. The stock’s 52-week range is $27.62 to $37.90. Trading volume was was about 10% below the daily average of around 31.6 million. The company, and partner Micron, today announced a faster-than-flash storage technology.

Of the Dow 30 stocks 29 are set to close higher today and just 1 is on track to close lower.

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Paul Ausick has been writing for a673b.bigscoots-temp.com for more than a decade. He has written extensively on investing in the energy, defense, and technology sectors. In a previous life, he wrote technical documentation and managed a marketing communications group in Silicon Valley.

He has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Chicago and now lives in Montana, where he fishes for trout in the summer and stays inside during the winter.

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