NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Tuesday after Coca-Cola and Goldman Sachs joined the growing roster of S&P companies that beat profit forecasts and as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke left the door open to more stimulus.
Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was up 78.11 points, or 0.61 percent, at 12,805.32. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was up 10.02 points, or 0.74 percent, at 1,363.66. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was up 13.10 points, or 0.45 percent, at 2,910.04.
(Reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch; Editing by Kenneth Barry)