The S&P 500 was up 0.2% in midday trading to 2,177.00.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.3% to 18,467.45.
The NASDAQ was up 0.3% to 5,240.33.
The yield on a 10-year Treasury bond was up 1.2% to 1.59%.
The price of gold was up 0.6% to $1,325.
MANUFACTURING
Bridgford Foods Corp. in Anaheim was up 2.7% to $15.30 and a market cap of $139 million on three times its usual trading volume. Shares in the maker and distributor of snack food products are up 70% year-to-date.
