The S&P; 500 was flat at 4,796.74 during midday trading.Â
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was flat at 36,473.82.Â
The Nasdaq increased 0.5% to 15,849.82.
The yield on a 10-year Treasury bond was down 1.2% to 1.5240%.
The price of gold rose 0.5% to $1,814.30.Â
The price for a barrel of oil climbed 0.4% to $76.89.
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TECHNOLOGY
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Viant Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: DSP) jumped 8.8% to $10.36 apiece and a market cap of $139.6 million. The Irvine ad tech firm yesterday announced a new partnership with creative community ALLSHIPS as part of the #NEWOPENWEB NFT sweepstakes.
FINANCE
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Shares in loanDepot Inc. (NYSE: LDI) was up 5% to $4.75 per share and a $1.5 billion market cap. The Foothill Ranch-based mortgage company announced it will begin trading ex-dividend on December 31, 2021. A cash dividend payment of $0.08 per share is scheduled to be paid on January 18, 2022.
