Stocks Rise With Earnings in Focus, Markets Eye Mideast Tensions

A man stands in front of a screen displaying Nikkei share average and the world's stock indexes outside a brokerage, in Tokyo, Japan, on Dec. 30, 2020. Issei Kato/Reuters

HONG KONG/LONDON—Stocks edged higher and bond prices slid on Tuesday as markets continued to retrace last week’s moves to safe-haven assets, focusing on corporate earnings prospects and the resilience of the U.S. economy rather than tensions in the Middle East.

Europe’s broad STOXX 600 index rose 0.25 percent, a second day of gains, after Asian stocks had climbed earlier in the day, and the S&P 500 had closed up 1 percent on Monday.