PHOTOS: Wall street responds to postive economic reports
11:46 AM, Oct 26, 2012
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NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 26: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2012 in New York City. Following the release of a stronger-than-expected report on U.S. economic growth, stocks rose in morning trading. According to government data, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic activity, rose at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 26: A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2012 in New York City. Following the release of a stronger-than-expected report on U.S. economic growth, stocks rose in morning trading. According to government data, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic activity, rose at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 26: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2012 in New York City. Following the release of a stronger-than-expected report on U.S. economic growth, stocks rose in morning trading. According to government data, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic activity, rose at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 26: A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2012 in New York City. Following the release of a stronger-than-expected report on U.S. economic growth, stocks rose in morning trading. According to government data, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic activity, rose at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 26: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2012 in New York City. Following the release of a stronger-than-expected report on U.S. economic growth, stocks rose in morning trading. According to government data, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic activity, rose at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 26: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2012 in New York City. Following the release of a stronger-than-expected report on U.S. economic growth, stocks rose in morning trading. According to government data, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic activity, rose at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 26: A trader points on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2012 in New York City. Following the release of a stronger-than-expected report on U.S. economic growth, stocks rose in morning trading. According to government data, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic activity, rose at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 26: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2012 in New York City. Following the release of a stronger-than-expected report on U.S. economic growth, stocks rose in morning trading. According to government data, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic activity, rose at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 26: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2012 in New York City. Following the release of a stronger-than-expected report on U.S. economic growth, stocks rose in morning trading. According to government data, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic activity, rose at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 26: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2012 in New York City. Following the release of a stronger-than-expected report on U.S. economic growth, stocks rose in morning trading. According to government data, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic activity, rose at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 26: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2012 in New York City. Following the release of a stronger-than-expected report on U.S. economic growth, stocks rose in morning trading. According to government data, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic activity, rose at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 26: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2012 in New York City. Following the release of a stronger-than-expected report on U.S. economic growth, stocks rose in morning trading. According to government data, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic activity, rose at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 26: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2012 in New York City. Following the release of a stronger-than-expected report on U.S. economic growth, stocks rose in morning trading. According to government data, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic activity, rose at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 26: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on October 26, 2012 in New York City. Following the release of a stronger-than-expected report on U.S. economic growth, stocks rose in morning trading. According to government data, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the broadest measure of economic activity, rose at a 2% annual rate in the third quarter. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Stocks are falling in midday trading on Wall Street after investors looked over weak corporate earnings and weak economic growth.