Tools and Appliances companies shares up at 10 a.m.

Shares of some top tools and appliances companies are up at 10 a.m.:

General Electric Co. rose $.10 or .4 percent, to $26.90.

Snap-On rose $.62 or .4 percent, to $154.55.

Stanley Works rose $.19 or .2 percent, to $99.98.

Whirlpool Corp. rose $2.86 or 1.5 percent, to $199.35.