Earnings Report

The company earned $1.45 per share, compared with $1 per share in the year-earlier quarter.

IBM's profit margin fell short of expectations.

U.S. stocks moved solidly higher in early trading Tuesday, adding to the market's gains from a day earlier.

CSX's first-quarter profit nearly doubled thanks to further cost cuts at the railroad and a restructuring that weighed on its earnings a year ago.

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Investment bank Goldman Sachs is reporting that its first quarter profits rose by 26 percent, helped by a lower tax bill and a surge in market volatility.

Johnson & Johnson is reporting better than expected profit and revenue for the first quarter The New Brunswick, New Jersey, company on Tuesday reported profits of $4.37 billion, or $1.60 per share.

UnitedHealth Group is reporting first-quarter earnings of $2.84 billion, a jump of more than 30 percent from last year, with broad growth for the nation's largest health insurer.

The largest U.S. health insurer has been adding more physicians through a series of acquisitions, helping drive its customer base, which grew by 2.2 million in the first quarter.

Goldman surpasses 1Q estimates, boosts dividend.

Sales in the first quarter jumped to $20.01 billion from $17.77 billion a year earlier.

UnitedHealth Group profit and revenue beat expectations.

Asian shares were mixed but mostly flat Tuesday, amid persisting worries over trade tensions between China and the U.S. Overnight, investors registered relief that air strikes on Syria were contained and unlikely to escalate.

Bank of America is reporting that its first-quarter profits jumped by 30 percent from a year earlier as the company benefited from the new tax law as well as higher interest rates.

The second-largest U.S. bank by assets said net income attributable to shareholders rose to $6.49 billion in the three months ended March 31 from $4.84 billion a year earlier.