NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 23: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on October 23, 2012 in New York City. The Dow finished down 243.36 points to close at 13,102.53 following weak earnings reports. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
Boeing was the biggest gainer in the Dow Jones industrial average, rising nearly 2 percent, after saying its full-year profits will be better than expected thanks to a pickup in commercial airplane deliveries.
Shortly after the opening bell Wednesday the Dow was up 36 points at 13,138.
The Standard & Poor's 500 was up six points at 1,419 and the Nasdaq rose 21 points to 3,012.
Facebook jumped $4.26 to $23.76 after its quarterly report late Tuesday reassured investors that the social media site was taking in significant revenues from mobile advertising.
Netflix plunged $8.22 to $60 after cutting its forecast for full-year additions of video streaming subscribers.
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