The S&P 500 was up 0.9% at 3,680.39 during midday trading.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 0.9% to 30,139.31.
The Nasdaq climbed 0.8% 12,535.81.
The yield on a 10-year Treasury bond rose 1.6% to 0.906%.
The price of gold increased 1.1% to $1,852.60.
The price for a barrel of oil rose 1.2% to $47.55.
TECHNOLOGY
Newport Beach-based Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) rose 7.8% to $4.54 per share for a market cap of $901 million. The company announced today new and extended contracts for more than 58 million gallons of Redeem renewable natural gas to accommodate continued demand.
HEALTHCARE
OncoCyte Corp. (NYSE: OCX) was up 18% to $2.50 per share for a market cap of $172.2 million after signing a licensing deal with a Chinese company for early-stage lung cancer testing.
San Clemente-based ophthalmic medical device maker Glaukos Corp. (NYSE: GKOS) rose 4.8% to $71.27 per share for a market cap of $3.2 billion. The shares have gained almost 8% over the last month. Oppenheimer has a perform rating on the stock, with a price target of $73, Benzinga said earlier this month.
