US stocks gain on mostly solid corporate earnings

NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks finished modestly higher on Thursday following a batch of mostly solid corporate earnings and a successful market debut of technology company Pinterest.The broad-based S&P 500 added 4.58 points to 7,998.06.

"There were lowered expectations of profitability, so businesses are doing a little better than expected," said Brian Battle, a director at Performance Trust Capital Partners.

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