U.S. stock indexes rose Tuesday morning after the Commerce Department said the U.S. trade deficit was essentially unchanged June to July. With $1.9 billion less exports and $1.8 billion less imports in July from June, the deficit came to $42 billion following a revised figure for June of $41.9 billion. Investors anticipate a Federal Reserve announcement Thursday on a third round of quantitative easing. Paradoxically, weak economic data until Thursday can be viewed as a reason for the Fed to act on the stimulus program, while positive data would decrease the Fed's chance of approving what is called QE3. In early afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday, the Dow Jones industrial average gained 86.23 points, or 0.65 percent, to 13,340.52. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index added 7.15 points, or 0.23 percent, to 3,111.17. The Standard and Poor's 500 added 6.47 points, or 0.45 percent, to 1,435.55. The benchmark 10-year treasury fell 7/32 to yield 1.68 percent. The euro rose to $1.286 from Monday's $1.2759. Against the yen, the dollar fell to 77.78 yen from 78.28 yen. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 255 index shed 0.7 percent, 61.99 points, to 8,807.38. In London, the FTSE 100 index dropped 0.02 percent, 1.01 points, to 5,792.19.
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