The S&P 500 was up 0.7% in midday trading to 2,426.64.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.5% to 21,424.51.
The NASDAQ was up 1.2% to 6,164.15.
The yield on a 10-year Treasury bond was up 0.8% to 2.39%.
The price of gold fell 1% to $1,211.
TECHNOLOGY
TTM Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: TTMI) in Costa Mesa was up 3.2% to $17.73 and a $1.8 billion market cap. The company makes printed circuit boards.
SERVICES
Acacia Research Corp. (NASDAQ: ACTG) in Newport Beach was up 1.9% to $3.97 and a $191 million market cap. The patent licenser led a $3.1 million funding round in a robotics firm, for which it will also commercialize intellectual property.
