NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes are flirting with records on Tuesday as the floodgates open for companies reporting how much profit they made during the summer.

The S&P 500 rose 0.1% and is sitting just 0.2% below its all-time high set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 277 points, or 0.6%, and had been on track to set its own record earlier in the day before paring its gain. The Nasdaq composite was edging down by 0.1%, with an hour remaining in trading.

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