NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of some top tools and appliances companies are up at 1 p.m.:
General Electric Co. rose $.09 or .4 percent, to $22.24.
Snap-On rose $1.08 or 1.3 percent, to $85.44.
Stanley Works rose $.45 or .6 percent, to $74.81.
Whirlpool Corp. rose $2.68 or 2.4 percent, to $115.58.
