Mid-Day Market Update: Finish Line Gains On Upbeat Results; JC Penney Shares Fall

Midway through trading Friday, the Dow traded down 0.48 percent to 15,255.45 while the NASDAQ declined 0.01 percent to 3,787.13. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.36 percent to 1,692.49. Top Headline BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY ) reported a wider fiscal second-quarter loss. BlackBerry posted a quarterly loss of $965 million,