us stocks opened higher on tuesday as investors digested a fresh batch of earnings including reports from megabanks goldman sachs group gs and bank of america corp bac  the sp 500 spx rose 125 points or 03 to 4164 at the open while the nasdaq composite comp gained 61 points or 05 to 12218 the dow jones industrial average djia declined by 34 points or 01 to 33952 as goldman shares sold off weighing on the bluechip gauge investors will receive more earnings reports after the bell including numbers from netflix inc nflx