The markets traded higher during the midday with the Dow rising 30 points to 12,256 on upbeat corporate earnings. Nasdaq gained 10 points to 2814.
On the upside
Sirius XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) will provide extensive coverage of the Daytona 500 and NASCAR Speedweeks.
Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU) and Altair Semiconductor will begin field trials of their 4G wireless standard TD-LTE solution in India and China.