quarter income of $6.6 billion on sales of $20 billion. The technology giant reported financial results that beat analysts' estimates while shares ended flat. The U.S. dollar fell against the euro but gained against the yen. Light sweet crude oil for March delivery fell $1.69 to $85.64 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold futures fell $14.50 to $1,318.40 an ounce. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 4.39, or 0.0 percent, to 11,989.83. General Electric (GE), Home Depot, and United Technologies were the top gainers on the Dow. Caterpillar, which posted a fourth-quarter profit that quadrupled from a year ago and a 62 percent surge in revenue, was also a big gainer. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 2.91, or 0.2 percent, to 1,299.54. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 15.78, or 0.6 percent, to 2,755.28.
