Markets Right Now: Stocks move solidly higher on Wall Street

NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on developments in global financial markets (all times local):

Microsoft climbed 3 percent in midday trading Tuesday and Google parent Alphabet added 2 percent.

In earnings news, homebuilder Toll Brothers jumped 8 percent after its results came in ahead of what analysts were expecting.

In earnings news, homebuilder Toll Brothers jumped 4 percent after its results came in ahead of what analysts were expecting.