U.S. stocks move higher; Time Warner soars
7/16/2014NEW YORK — Stocks are moving higher following strong earnings results from big U.S. companies.
Time Warner soared 16 percent on news that Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox had made a bid for the media giant.
Intel jumped 7 percent after reporting a surge in earnings as companies spent more on replacing PCs.
Investors are keeping an eye on Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, who is testifying to Congress for a second consecutive day.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 36 points, or 0.3 percent, to 17,106 in midday trading today.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose three points, or 0.2 percent, to 1,976. The Nasdaq rose four points, or 0.1 percent, to 4,420.
Bond prices were little changed. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was flat at 2.55 percent.