Earnings news also supported much of the price action on another day of subdued volumes, with Tiffany & Co. ( TIF ), Ralph Lauren ( RL ) and Lowe's ( LOW ) all leading the S&P 500. Wall Street recovered losses made on geopolitical worries after dovish Federal Reserve minutes offered upbeat comments on the U.S. economy and signalled a willingness to live with inflation temporarily overshooting its 2% goal. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lagged with a plunge in General Electric ( GE ) constraining the blue-chip measure.