Mid-Afternoon Market Update: Markets Float Higher on Relatively Thin Volume

Toward the end of trading Friday, the Dow traded up 0.18 percent to 15,537.89 while the NASDAQ surged 0.20 percent to 3,936.43. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.22 percent to 1,755.61. Top Headline Procter & Gamble Co (NYSE: PG ) reported a 7.6 percent rise in its fiscal first-quarter