Dow surges more than 500 points on positive earnings

Stocks rallied Tuesday, with a positive stream of earnings driving investors’ sentiment, along with a record 7.1 million job openings as released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 547.87 points, or 2.17 percent, to 25,798.42. The broader S&P 500 rose 59.13 points to 2,809.92, as all 11 sectors jumped led by technology names. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 214.75 points, about 2.9 percent, to 7,645.49.

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
I:DJI DOW JONES AVERAGES 38790.43 +75.66 +0.20%
SP500 S&P 500 5149.42 +32.33 +0.63%
I:COMP NASDAQ COMPOSITE INDEX 16103.44802 +130.27 +0.82%

Quarterly results released Tuesday included Goldman Sachs, UnitedHealth and Johnson & Johnson, which all surpassed expectations. BlackRock reported better-than-expected profits, but sales were hit as investors cut their portfolio risk. With Tuesday's Dow jump, the benchmark of 30 stocks has recouped all of the losses from last week's volatility in which the benchmark lost 831 points during one session.

A big focus for the markets will be Netflix earnings in the afternoon, along with IBM.

Ticker Security Last Change Change %
NFLX NETFLIX INC. 618.39 +12.51 +2.06%
IBM INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORP. 191.69 +0.62 +0.32%
QQQ INVESCO QQQ NASDAQ 100 437.48 +4.13 +0.95%

In commodities, gold closed slightly higher while oil also climbed amid concerns over Saudi Arabia's role in the missing writer Jamal Khashoggi, who is presumed dead.

Fox Business' Ken Martin contributed to this report