US stocks start higher, sentiment lifted by Apple, durable goods By: CNBC.com News April 24, 2014 at 09:30 AM EDT U.S. stocks climbed Thursday with sentiment lifted by Apple's earnings and a better-than-expected durable-goods number. Read More >> Related Stocks: 3M Co AT&T Inc American Electric Power Apple Atlantic Power Corp Boeing Co Caterpillar Colgate-Palmolive Dana Inc Facebook Sentinelone Inc Cl A Starbucks Corp VF Corp Verizon Communications Visa Weyerhaeuser Co