Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Mostly Lower; GE To Acquire Thermo Fisher Assets For $1.06B

Following the market opening Monday, the Dow traded down 0.01 percent to 16,468.13 while the NASDAQ declined 0.40 percent to 4,115.39. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.05 percent to 1,830.42. Top Headline General Electric Co (NYSE: GE ) announced its plans to acquire some assets from Thermo Fisher