Shares of Walmart Inc.
WMT,
-0.45%
jumped 3.6% and of Home Depot Inc.
HD,
-1.12%
hiked up 2.4% in premarket trading Tuesday, after the blue-chip retailers reported big fiscal first-quarter profit beats. The stocks were pacing the Dow Jones Industrial Average's
DJIA,
-0.16%
early gainers, and helping keep the Dow in positive territory. The implied price gains for Walmart's and Home Depot's stocks would add a total of about 81 points to the Dow's price, while Dow futures
YM00,
+0.03%
were up 78 points, or 0.2%.