chip Dow Jones industrial average was 0.4 percent higher at 10,588.7 points, while the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.2 percent to 2,072 points by 1716 GMT. Around Europe, London's FTSE 100 closed 0.2 percent firmer, Paris's CAC-40 ended up 0.3 percent and Frankfurt's DAX closed 0.4 percent higher. In Zurich, the SMI fell 0.1 percent, dragged lower by Roche. Shares in Roche ended 4.7 percent weaker at 121.10 Swiss francs after the company reported slower-than-expected growth in drug sales in the fourth quarter. --More 2103 Local Time 1803 GMT
