updated 1/9/2013 4:04:33 PM ET 2013-01-09T21:04:33

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Wednesday, as the first group of earnings reports started to trickle in. While Alcoa Inc gave a bullish demand outlook, the results didn't give a clear direction of how well corporations did during the fourth quarter.

The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> was up 61.97 points, or 0.46 percent, at 13,390.82. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> was up 3.84 points, or 0.26 percent, at 1,460.99. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> was up 14.00 points, or 0.45 percent, at 3,105.81.

(Reporting by Ryan Vlastelica; Editing by Nick Zieminski)

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