Mid-Afternoon Market Update: Markets Mixed as JC Penney Rises
October 28, 2013 at 15:46 PM EDT
Toward the end of trading Monday, the Dow traded up 0.02 percent to 15,573.87 while the NASDAQ declined 0.14 percent to 3,937.98. The S&P rose, gaining 0.15 percent to 1,762.30. Top Headline Merck & Co (NYSE: MRK ) reported an upbeat third-quarter profit. Merck's quarterly profit declined to