Stocks are inching mostly higher in early trading on Wall Street after the government reported a pickup in retail sales last month.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index was up two points, or 0.1 percent, at 1,691 shortly after the opening of trading Tuesday.
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Stock futures are heading lower after Japan released discouraging growth figures for the second quarter, sending the dollar higher against the yen in early trading.
Stock futures are heading lower, setting up a lower week for major U.S. markets after a raft of disappointing corporate earnings and more evidence that shoppers remain tightfisted.
Stock futures are slightly lower in very light trading as markets await a slew of economic indicators this week and the latest round of financial reports from U.S. corporations.
Stocks are rising in early trading on Wall Street after several U.S. companies turned in solid earnings.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 49 points, or 0.3 percent, to 15,569.