U.S. Stocks Gain, Paced by Alcoa, Intel; S&P 500 Index Climbs for 5th Day

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks rose and the Standard &
Poor's 500 Index gained for a fifth straight day on speculation
second-quarter earnings will beat analysts' estimates.

Alcoa Inc., the first Dow Jones Industrial Average company
scheduled to report results, paced the 30-stock gauge's
advance. The world's second-biggest aluminum maker will
announce its results after the close of trading. Intel Corp.
climbed after UBS AG and JPMorgan said the world's largest
chipmaker may report earnings at the high end of its forecast.


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