Rising crude oil prices along with upbeat earnings lifted the markets to a higher close with the Dow climbing 42 points to 18,096. Nasdaq rose 7 points to 4,948.

On the upside

A leading U.S. PC manufacturer selected Uni-Pixel's (Nasdaq: UNXL) XTouch touch screen sensors with Diamond Guard hardcoat for a 13.3-inch laptop computer.

Callon Petroleum (NYSE: CPE) will purchase certain assets in Texas operated by Big Star Oil and Gas.

Rising crude oil prices lifted shares of Bonanza Creek Energy (NYSE: BCEI).

On the downside

Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) reported lower first quarter earnings and revenue on flat soda sales.

Retreating gold prices weighed down shares of Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX), Harmony Gold (NYSE: HMY) and Kinross Gold (NYSE: KGC).

bluebird bio (Nasdaq: BLUE) reported interim data from an ongoing Phase 2/3 Starbeam Study of Lenti-D in pediatricc patients with cerebral adrenaleukodystrophy.

In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of more than 9 to 7 on the NYSE and by nearly 5 to 4 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 added a point to 2,102. Bitcoin climbed $10 to $439.