S&P 500 breaches 2100 as oil, earnings drive gains

The S&P 500 breached 2,100 on Tuesday, about 30 points shy of its record high, boosted by a rise in crude and earnings reports from heavyweights Goldman Sachs and Johnson & Johnson. The Dow Jones industrial average stayed above 18,000, a day after crossing the key psychological barrier for the first time since July, on rising optimism that corporate earnings would continue to beat tempered expectations. Only the Nasdaq composite edged lower, weighed by a 25 percent slide in Illumina.