Dow poised to rise as retailers Home Depot, Walmart deliver better-than-expected results amid coronavirus
August 18, 2020 at 07:23 AM EDT
U.S. stocks on Tuesday look poised to drift closer to record territory, with shares of Home Depot and Walmart—among a number of retail giants reporting during the session and later this week—partly helping to buoy the Dow industrials after the company rang up better-than-expected quarterly results.