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Stocks up as oil eases

REUTERS, New York
Us stocks gained on Tuesday after crude prices fell for a third session, easing investors' fears that costly oil would squeeze company profits and slow growth.
Dow component Caterpillar Inc. was a boost to the market after Goldman sachs raised its rating of the company, saying the construction equipment maker presents a buying opportunity.
shares of Cisco systems Inc. fell after the world's largest maker of gear for directing Internet traffic said it had distributed 162 million common stock options to employees. UBs lowered its price target for Cisco by $1 to $20.
On the economic front, investors get a report on July existing home sales at 10 a.m. (1400 GMT). sales of existing U.s. homes may slip slightly after five straight months of increases, hit by higher interest rates, according to economists surveyed by Reuters.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 55.52 points, or 0.55 percent, at 10,128.57. The broader standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 4.02 points, or 0.37 percent, at 1,099.70. The technology-laced Nasdaq Composite Index was up 7.48 points, or 0.41 percent, at 1,846.18.
"The fundamentals have been very,
very good even with high oil prices and everything else that is going on," said Ozan Akcin, chief market strategist at Puglisi and Co. "I think people are coming back and looking at these valuations and deciding to buy bargains."
Us crude oil prices held below $46 a barrel after Iraq resumed pumping crude oil along its northern Kirkuk pipeline. Crude for October delivery was at $45.77 on Tuesday.
Crude prices, which peaked close to $50 per barrel, have weighed on the stock market for weeks this summer.
Caterpillar's stock rose $1.37, or about 2 percent, to $73.42. It was the biggest boost to the Dow.
Cisco fell 17 cents to $19.01.
Meanwhile, AFP from London reports: European stock markets barely budged in early trading on Tuesday as relief at falling oil prices was offset by modest losses overnight on Wall street, dealers said.
The British FTsE 100 index inched up 0.02 percent at 4,406.20 points, the German DAX 30 edged ahead 0.13 percent to 3,776.87 points and the French CAC 40 dipped 0.07 percent to 3,587.24 points.
The DJ Euro stoxx 50 index of leading eurozone shares was unchanged at
2,662.35 points.
The euro stood at 1.2155 dollars.
Dealers welcomed a further fall in oil prices away from recent highs after Iraq resumed oil exports through its southern pipelines.
The price of benchmark Brent North sea crude oil for delivery in October dropped 18 cents a barrel to 42.85 dollars in pre-opening electronic trading in London.
But optimism was tempered by a lacklustre session in New York on Monday when a lower sales outlook from retail giant Wal-Mart undermined market confidence.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.37 percent to 10,073.05 points while the Nasdaq composite ended steady, up a fractional 0.68 point to 1,838.70.
The broad-market standard and Poor's 500 index dipped 0.24 percent to 1,095.68 points.
In London shares in Abbey National rose 0.26 percent to 589.5 pence on a report that rival HBOs is much nearer to launching a formal counterbid for its fellow British bank than previously thought.