Mid-Afternoon Market Update: KB Home Falls on Poor Results as Gold Falls to 3-Year Lows

Toward the end of trading Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.07 percent to 16,197.95 while the NASDAQ tumbled 0.32 percent to 4,056.89. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.06 percent to 1,809.17. Top Headline Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD ) reported a 16% rise in its fiscal third-quarter earnings. For the