Mid-Afternoon Market Update: McEwen Mining Rises as Commodities Turn Green

Toward the end of trading Monday, the Dow traded down 0.03 percent to 15,349.64, while the NASDAQ rose 0.01 percent to 3,499.69. The S&P was also up, gaining 0.02 percent to 1,667.29. Top Headline Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO ) announced its plans to acquire blogging network Tumblr for roughly $1.1 billion.