NEW YORK (AP) -- D.R. Horton Inc., the nation's biggest homebuilder, was the top leader among stocks in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index in midday trading Tuesday. The Fort Worth, Texas-based builder's 35-cent-per-share profit in the fiscal first quarter topped Wall Street forecasts.
Shares of D.R. Horton jumped $2.02, or 7.5 percent, to $29.15 in midday trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
The S&P 500 Index was up 6.04, at 1428.99.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn's agitation for Temple-Inland Inc. to sell off some of its businesses pushed the packaging maker's stock to a new 52-week high.
Temple-Inland's shares gained $3.44, or 7.4 percent, to $49.94, at one point touching as high as $50.10, compared with a previous 52-week high of $48.29 on the Big Board.
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