Volume was lower on the Nasdaq exchange while higher on the New York Stock Exchange compared with Monday, in preliminary numbers. On the Nasdaq exchange, falling stocks edged out rising ones by more than 2-to-1. In yet another rotation on the NYSE, winners slightly edged out losers.

U.S. equities are poised for gains at the open on Tuesday, with futures on the Dow Jones, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all trending upward in pre-market activity. The advance follows a mixed but resilient close on Monday,

S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures ticked higher on Tuesday as investors assessed earnings reports from some of the top U.S. companies, while Dow futures lost some steam following a gloomy outlook from heavyweight UnitedHealth.

Dow Jones futures were little changed after hours, along with S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures. Investors face a huge amount of news in the coming session, including the Q2 GDP data before the open,

The Nasdaq is up 225.60 points or 1.5 percent at 15,587.25, the S&P 500 is up 45.12 points or 0.9 percent at 4,951.31 and the Dow is up 80.65 points or 0.2 percent at 38,600.49.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rose on Thursday, as investors sifted through a patchwork of earnings from megacaps like Alphabet and Tesla, while the Dow was weighed down by losses in UnitedHealth and IBM.

Dow Jones is under pressure due to strong pullbacks in Unitedhealth Group and Boeing stocks. Unitedhealth Group is down by 6% as traders react to the disappointing second-quarter report. Boeing declined by 4.2% after the company announced that certification of its new models was delayed until 2026.

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