Markets Right Now: Stocks turn higher in midday trading
The latest on developments in financial markets (All times local):11:45 a.m.
Stocks are moving higher in midday trading on Wall Street, putting the Standard & Poor's 500 index on track for its first gain in five days.
Technology, industrial stocks and banks rose more than the rest of the market Thursday.
Facebook rose 1.6 percent, Boeing gained 1.9 percent and Wells Fargo climbed 1.9 percent.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 9 points, or 0.4 percent, to 2,638.
The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 82 points, or 0.4 percent, to 24,226. The Nasdaq composite added 49 points, or 0.7 percent, to 6,828.
The S&P 500 has fallen for the last four days.
Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note slipped to 2.33 percent.