Mid-Afternoon Market Update: Markets Post Rally to Go Into the Green; Precious Metals Take a Hit

Toward the end of trading Monday, the Dow traded up 0.35 percent to 15,937.04 while the NASDAQ dropped 0.35 percent to 4,113.61. The S&P also fell, declining 0.17 percent to 1,793.09. Top Headline Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT ) reported a 44% rise in its fourth-quarter profit. Caterpillar's quarterly profit surged to $1 billion,