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US stocks opened slightly higher on Tuesday after earnings from Coca Cola and Johnson & Johnson overshadowed a mixed bag of economic data.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 28.75 points or 0.18%, to 16,201.99, the S&P 500 gained 3.52 points or 0.19%, to 1,834.13 and the Nasdaq Composite added 8.063 points or 0.2%, to 4,030.757.