The S&P 500 dipped 0.2% in midday trading to 2,886.98.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5% to 26,305.51.
The Nasdaq decreased 0.2% to 7,925.18.
The yield on a 10-year Treasury bond increased 0.7% to 2.52%.
The price of oil climbed 1.6% to $64.09 a barrel.
The price of gold was up 0.5% to $1,302.
HEALTHCARE
Evolus Inc. (Nasdaq: EOLS) in Irvine rose 5.9% to $26.50 and a $723 million market cap. The aesthetics medicine company announced Monday that its head-to-head trial results were published in the April issue of Aesthetic Surgery Journal. President and CEO David Moatazedi said the company will launch its Botox rival Jeuveau “in the coming weeks in the United States.”
SERVICES
Irvine’s Resources Connection Inc. (Nasdaq: RECN) increased 3.2% to $15.47 and a $495 million market cap. Shares of the provider of consulting services had fallen 15% on April 4 after missing the consensus estimates of two analysts on weakness in Europe.
