Strong earnings news continued to boost the Dow during the midday with the blue chip index soaring 104 points to 15,722. Nasdaq lost 8 points 3931.
On the upside
BioTelemetry (Nasdaq: BEAT) narrowed third quarter losses as revenue climbed.
OpenTable (Nasdaq: OPEN) reported higher third quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations as revenue rose.
NQ Mobile (NYSE: NQ) completed the transfer of funds to its Standard Chartered Bank account.
On the downside
Tornier (Nasdaq: TRNX) narrowed third quarter losses as revenue rose but the results fell short of analyst expectations.
Investors locked in profits on Cytori Therapeutics (Nasdaq: CYTX).
Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE: ANF) reported a disappointing 14% drop in third quarter same store sales and cut its full year guidance.
In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of nearly 5 to 4 on the NYSE while decliners edged out advancers by nearly 10 to 9 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 rose 5 points to 1768.
