Associated Press Coal companies shares up at noon

Shares of some top coal companies were up at the close of trading:
Arch Coal rose $.09 or .7 percent, to $13.80.
Consol Energy rose $.67 or 2.4 percent, to $28.15.
Massey Energy rose $.30 or 2.9 percent, to $10.57.
Peabody Energy rose $1.32 or 5.2 percent, to $26.47.