Home Depot Climbs, Coca-Cola Slides
Dow Jones Newswires</br></br>Stocks rose, with hurricanes helping Dow Jones Industrial Average member Home Depot, while a different kind of storm continued to lash Coca-Cola.</br></br>The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 13.13 points, or 0.13%, to 10244.49, the Nasdaq Composite Index retook the 1900 mark by rising 7.56, or 0.4%, to 1904.08, and the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index advanced 3.13, or 0.28%, to 1123.50.</br></br>The gains were muted because "the market is looking for a little bit of leadership and a little bit of direction, and so far we haven't found it," said Tim Anderson, senior block trader at Citigroup. "As a result, it was hard for the blue chips to get back much today, especially after the Philadelphia Federal Reserve business-outlook survey came in a bit weaker than expected."</br></br>Home Depot rose 31 cents, or close to 1%, to $38.70. The rise may have been modest but it was good enough to put shares at a 52-week high, with the home-improvement retailer reaching the milestone through a series of gains in the past month on anticipated demand as hurricanes tore through the Southeast.