The S&P 500 was up 0.2% in midday trading to 2,802.53.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2% to 25,974.47.
The Nasdaq climbed 0.3% to 7,320.24.
The yield on a 10-year Treasury bond was up 0.7% to 2.63%.
The price of gold was 0.5% higher to $1,333.
TECHNOLOGY
Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Nasdaq: SWKS) in Irvine was down 2.8% to $99.45 and an $18.2 billion market cap. It specializes in communication chips used in smartphones, tablets, routers, PCs and notebook computers, among other devices.
FINANCE
First Foundation Inc. in Irvine was up 1.9% to $19.34 and a $739 million market cap. It runs a bank and provides wealth management services.
