MW: U.S. stocks rebound on retail sales, German growth
By Laura Mandaro
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks started higher Tuesday after a government report showed U.S. retail sales rebounding last month and after a better-than-anticipated report on German economic growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA +0.17% rose 52 points, or 0.4%, to 13,220. The S&P 500 SPX +0.28% gained 6 points, or 0.4%, to 1,410. The Nasdaq Composite COMP +0.25% added 11 points to 3,033. On Monday, a dearth of U.S. data and a weak reading on Japan's growth caused stocks to falter, breaking the S&P 500's longest winning streak since 2010.
