Stocks finished modestly higher on the day, with both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite retracing all of Monday's losses.
The S&P 500 was up 10.77. The Nasdaq ended the day up 19.19. And the Dow closed higher by 51.29.
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Cisco (CSCO | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) reported earnings of $0.38 after the close on Tuesday, beating estimates by two cents.
Sales were up at Qwest (Q | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ), but company still reported lower than expected profits with an EPS of $0.09.
With quarterly EPS of $0.58, Walt Disney (DIS | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) handily beat Wall Street estimates.
Continued weakness in the homebuilding sector led to lower profits for Vulcan Materials (VMC | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ), which was down 3.7% after Monday's earnings miss.
Yahoo (YHOO | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) closed higher today by more than 5% on speculation of resumed Microsoft negotiations or possible deal with Google.
Sara Lee (SLE | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) reported EPS of $0.22, narrowly missing analyst estimates by two cents. Shares were down sharply on the day.
Legg Mason (LM | news | PowerRating | PR Charts ) reported a larger than expected quarterly loss of $1.81. It was the company's first quarterly loss since going public.
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