Scattered earnings disappointments, though, dragged other stocks lower, including Goodyear and American Financial.
Also, building operating costs are significantly lower, including 10% reductions in energy bills.
Prices for other commodities were also lower, including gold, silver, copper, cotton and corn.
It involved cutting about 1,000 jobs, dropping some international routes and launching new operations in Asia, where costs are lower, including a budget airline in Japan.
The sell-off left almost every major stock lower, including all 30 stocks in the Dow industrials and all but two in the S.& P. 500 and one in the Nasdaq 100.
Box makers are also roundly lower, including Dell, Compaq and Gateway.
Many financials ended Tuesday lower, including Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and American Express.
Box makers are also roundly lower, including Dell and Compaq ; notably, however, Gateway was spared punishment.
On the Nasdaq, the usual volume leaders all closed lower, including Dell Computer, Microsoft, Intel, and Cisco Systems.
Resources stocks trended mostly lower, including mining giant BHP Billiton, which slumped by 4.9%, to 26.15 Australian dollars ($16.89).
