Home Depot's Q2 earnings fell slightly short of Wall Street's target, but the company announced some news that has potentially huge implications.

The company's full-year forecast assumes no substantial change in the number of consumers revamping their homes.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is outpacing the other indexes on Tuesday, potentially on its way to a new record. The Dow was trading at 45,176.19, up about 0.6% on Tuesday. Part of this bump was due to the jump in shares from Home Depot.

The blue-chip Dow briefly hit a record high on Tuesday, aided by a rise in Home Depot's shares after the retailer kept its annual forecasts intact, while caution dominated the overall mood ahead of a Federal Reserve conference later in the week.

The nation’s largest home improvement chain said during an earnings call on Tuesday that pricing changes would affect specific product categories.

In Q1, Home Depot experienced solid demand for smaller projects and seasonal activities; however, high interest rates deterred many consumers

The home-improvement chain is now one of the companies most caught up in Trump's immigration crackdown. The retailer's history with day laborers is long. So far, it's choosing to keep its distance.

Home Depot Inc. said that the raft of tariffs implemented by President Donald Trump will lead to some price increases on certain products, but that they won’t be wide-ranging. The company reported fiscal second-quarter results that missed expectations,

Intel rises following an announcement that SoftBank would invest $2 billion in the chip maker, and Home Depot trades higher after maintaining fiscal-year sales guidance.