U.S. Stocks Fall as Investors Assess Earnings After Alcoa Report
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U.S. stocks rose as energy companies gained amid a rebound in crude, offsetting quarterly results from Alcoa Inc. and Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. that disappointed investors.
Halliburton Co. and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. added more than 3.2 percent as oil rose after its biggest drop in two months. Health-care companies climbed for a fifth day. Alcoa dropped 3.4 percent after first-quarter sales missed projections and the company forecast a global supply glut for the metal in