Mid-Day Market Update: Aspen Technology Rises On Upbeat Profit, Nordstrom Shares Slip

Midway through trading Friday, the Dow traded down 0.02 percent to 15,109.31 while the NASDAQ surged 0.22 percent to 3,614.16. The S&P fell, dropping 0.05 percent to 1,660.43. Index Technicals: Top Headline Dell (NASDAQ: DELL ) reported a 72% fall in its fiscal second-quarter earnings. Dell's quarterly earnings declined to