The S&P 500 was up 0.5% to 3,718.56 during midday trading.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.4% to 30,356.51.
The Nasdaq climbed 0.5% to 12,764.93.
The yield on a 10-year Treasury bond surged 4.5% to 0.958%.
The price of gold increased 0.3% to $1,953.10.
The price for a barrel of oil jumped 4.9% to $49.97.
TECHNOLOGY
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE) in Newport Beach increased 13.1% to $8.85 per share for a market cap of $1.8 billion. Investment bank Craig-Hallum announced it is doubling its price target on Clean Energy Fuels stock to $12 a share, pushing the shares higher today, theMotleyFool.com reported.
HEALTHCARE
San Juan Capistrano-based nursing home and rehab care facility operator The Ensign Group (Nasdaq: ENSG) rose 6.8% to $80.43 per share for a market cap of $4.4 billion. Zacks Equity Research reported today the company has gone on a “buyout spree” with the recent acquisition of three skilled nursing facilities and their operations in Southern California.
