Major U.S. stock indexes rose on Tuesday as better-than-expected earnings from Wal-Mart (WMT) and Home Depot (HD) allayed fears of a retail slowdown after last week's sharp selloff in the sector.

Most of Dow stocks in positive area (18 of 30). Top looser - Caterpillar Inc. (CAT, -0.80%). Top gainer - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT +4.26%).

Almost all of S&P index sectors also in positive area. Top looser - Healthcare (+1,0%). Top looser - Conglomerates (-1.3%).

At the moment:

Dow 17529.00 +108.00 +0.62%

S&P 500 2059.50 +11.50 +0.56%

Nasdaq 100 4586.25 +26.50 +0.58%

Oil 41.20 -0.54 -1.29%

Gold 1074.40 -9.20 -0.85%

U.S. 10yr 2.31 +0.04