Wall Street's main indexes rose on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow closing at their highest levels in more than a month as investors assessed Donald Trump's first actions as U.S. president and were encouraged that he did not start his second term with blanket tariff increases.

Wall Street's main indexes closed higher on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow hitting their highest in more than a month, as investors assessed Donald Trump's first actions as U.S. president and breathed relief that he did not start his second term with blanket tariff increases.

U.S. stocks are rising Tuesday after more companies said they made bigger profits at the end of last year than analysts expected. The S&P 500 was up 0.7% in afternoon trading, as many markets around the world took only tentative steps following Donald Trump’s return to the White House on Monday.

The Arlington, Texas, company reported net income of $844.9 million for the three months ended Dec. 31, down from $947.4 million a year earlier.

Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Tuesday, with the blue-chip Dow at a more than one-month high, as investors assessed President Donald Trump’s executive orders after taking office and awaited his first move on trade policy. In morning trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 423 points, or 1%, to 43,911.

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Other analysts seem to agree. Out of 58 analysts that cover the stock on Wall Street, 39 rate it a "buy" and 14 rate it a "strong buy," according to Yahoo! Finance. The software giant is preparing to spend $80 billion on data centers specifically for training, deploying, and operating cloud-based AI applications.

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Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) have recently been two of the hottest stocks on Wall Street because both companies play a key role in the artificial intelligence economy.

U.S. stock indexes are drifting higher following a mostly encouraging batch of profit reports from big companies.