Stocks Mixed; Dow Closes Above 14,000

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Major U.S. stock averages traded mixed Tuesday as Apple(AAPL) shares tumbled after CEO Tim Cook spoke at a technology conference and investors awaited President Barack Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night.

Apple fell 2.5% after Cook, speaking at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco, dismissed hedge fund manager David Einhorn's lawsuit against the tech giant as a "silly sideshow."

Apple's plans for its $137 billion cash hoard came under attack last week by Einhorn, who's been asking shareholders to fight against the company.

In addressing questions about the company's product features, Cook said the only thing Apple will never do is make a "crappy" product.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 47 points, or 0.3%, to 14,019. The blue-chip index reclaimed its position above 14,000 for the first time since Feb. 1.

Breadth was positive, with winners outnumbering losers 23 to seven. Top advancers included Bank of America(BAC) , Home Depot(HD) , Alcoa(AA) and Hewlett-Packard(HPQ) .

The biggest percentage blue-chip laggards were Coca-Cola(KO) , Cisco(CSCO) and Pfizer(PFE) .

Coca-Cola posted fourth-quarter earnings of 45 cents a share, topping estimates by a penny. Revenue came in light at $11.46 billion, below the average analyst estimate of $11.54 billion. Volumes fell in Europe, reflecting the ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty and weak consumer confidence across the region. Shares fell 2.7%.

The S&P 500 was up 2 points, or 0.2%, to 1,519. The Nasdaq was down 6 points, or 0.2%, to 3,186 as Apple shares skidded.

Most sectors in the broader market were in the green, led by capital goods, financials, conglomerates and consumer cyclical shares. Only the technology sector closed in the red.

Volumes totaled 3.38 billion shares on the New York Stock Exchange and 1.78 billion shares on the Nasdaq. Advancers outpaced decliners by a ratio of 1.8-to-1 on the Big Board and 1.6-to-1 on the Nasdaq.