India, April 15 -- Stocks have once again fluctuated over the course of the trading session on Tuesday but are currently mostly higher. With the upward move, the major averages are extending the notable advance seen over the two previous sessions.

Currently, the Nasdaq is up 98.14 points or 0.6 percent at 16,929.62, the S&P 500 is up 26.39 points or 0.5 percent at 5,432.36 and the Dow is up 138.28 points or 0.3 percent at 40,663.07.

The strength on Wall Street comes as traders digest the latest earnings news as well as developments on the volatile tariff front.

President Donald Trump has indicated a potential temporary tariff exemption for the auto industry, especially for counties like Mexico and Canada.

At the same time, there were re...