Wall St. inches up with energy, Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart rose 1.7 percent after the retailer's better-than-expected quarterly profit. At 3:08 p.m. ET, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 8.21 points, or 0.04 percent, to 18,582.15, the S&P 500 had gained 3.52 points, or 0.16 percent, to 2,185.74 and the Nasdaq Composite had added 12.25 points, or 0.23 percent, to 5,240.91. It is going through a phase where it will pivot from the Fed to more emphasis on companies growing their revenues," said Thomas Wilson, Managing Director of Wealth A