US stocks rise on forecasts from Wal-Mart and airlines

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are starting the day higher on Tuesday as a strong forecast from Wal-Mart lifts retailers and energy companies rise with the price of crude oil. Airlines are climbing after United Continental and American gave solid forecasts for the current quarter. Industrial conglomerate Honeywell is slipping after it said it will split into two smaller companies.
KEEPING SCORE: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index jumped 5 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,550 as o