MarketWatch | Market Pulse -October 15, 2012.-: U.S. stocks open higher; Citigroup rallies 3%

By Polya Lesova 
 

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks opened higher on Monday as data showed an increase in retail sales in September and Citigroup Inc.'s C +3.74% core third-quarter earnings exceeded analyst estimates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.07% rose 31.5 points, or 0.3%, to 13,360.33. The S&P 500 index SPX +0.09% gained 4.54 points to 1,432.95 and the Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.08% climbed 12.66 points to 3,056.48. Shares of Citigroup rallied 3% after the bank reported results.

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U.S. stocks edge higher on data, earnings