Stocks rise, helped by Chinese data, Apple results

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock indexes rose Tuesday, putting the market on track for a fourth gain in a row, following an encouraging report on the Chinese economy as well as strong quarterly results from Apple and other big companies. Stocks continued to recover from last week’s plunge.

KEEPING SCORE: The Dow Jones industrial average rose 168 points, or 1 percent, to 16,568 as of 12:05 p.m. Eastern. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index rose 29 points, or 1.5 percent, to 1,933 and the Nasdaq composite rose 75 points, or 1.7 percent, to 4,391.