NEW YORK, Feb 1 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks hit session highs in early afternoon trading on Tuesday, with the Dow industrials up 1 percent as investors focused more on strong earnings and manufacturing data and less on the civil unrest in the Middle East.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI> gained 123.18 points, or 1.04 percent, to 12,015.11. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.SPX> rose 19.53 points, or 1.52 percent, to 1,305.65. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.IXIC> added 51.27 points, or 1.90 percent, to 2,751.35.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Campos, Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)