Mid-Day Market Update: Questcor Shares Jump On Upbeat Earnings, Riverbed Drops

Midway through trading Wednesday, the Dow traded up 0.50 percent to 15,597.73 while the NASDAQ surged 0.53 percent to 3,635.51. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.50 percent to 1,694.42. Top Headline MasterCard (NYSE: MA ) reported a better-than-expected second-quarter profit. MasterCard's quarterly profit surged to $848 million, or $6.96 per share, from