Midday Glance: Gold companies

Shares of some top gold companies are up at noon:

Barrick Gold rose $.26 or .6 percent, to $43.08.

Gold Fields rose $.22 or 1.7 percent, to $12.80.

Goldcorp rose $.15 or .4 percent, to $42.93.

Newmont Mining rose $1.26 or 2.4 percent, to $54.65.