Stocks End Higher on Earnings, Consumer Confidence

at $17.13. On the Dow, Cisco Systems(CSCO), Caterpillar(CAT), Intel(INTC), Microsoft(MSFT), Merck(MRK) and United Technologies(UTX) were traded at the top. Stocks such as W&T Offshore(WTI), Kindred Healthcare(KND), Carpenter Technology (CRS) ended ahead...