U.S. stocks are rising Wednesday following better-than-expected profit reports from Morgan Stanley, United Airlines and other big companies. The S&P 500 was 0.5% higher in afternoon trading, a day after sliding from its all-time high because of tumbling energy and technology stocks.

Shares of Hillenbrand Inc. HI inched 0.57% higher to $26.58 Monday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 0.77% to 5,859.85 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 0.