Wall Street ends mixed as earnings lift the Dow

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks closed mixed with the Dow out front on Tuesday, as a string of solid earnings lured investors to industrials and capital goods. Weakness in growth and microchip stocks pulled the tech-laden Nasdaq to a nominally lower close. "We're at a little bit of a point of indecision, where nobody feels particularly strongly about anything," said Michael Green, chief strategist at Simplify Asset Management in Philadelphia. "That reflects itself in reduced reaction to earnings surprise." Third-quarter earnings season has shifted into overdrive, with corporate giants such as General Motors, GE Aerospace, 3M and Coca-Cola posting generally upbeat results. But with major U.S. stock indexes hovering near record highs and valuations stretched, upbeat results a