The S&P 500 was down 0.2% to 3,238.69 during midday trading.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average decreased 0.4% to 28,601.07.
The Nasdaq increased 0.1% to 9,083.40.
The yield on a 10-year Treasury bond ticked up 0.2% to 1.81%.
The price of gold rose 0.3% to $1,574 an ounce.
The price for a barrel of oil fell 1.4% to $62.36.
TECHNOLOGY
Irvine-based data analytics company Alteryx Inc. (NYSE: AYX) is up 1.8% to $110.60 and a $7.2 billion market cap. Shares for the company are up 6% since the start of the year and are currently trading at about a third of their average volume.
HEALTHCARE
San Clemente-based CareTrust REIT Inc. (Nasdaq: CTRE) dipped 2.2% to $20.18 and a $1.9 billion market cap. The real estate investor’s stock was downgraded by BMO Capital Markets from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research report issued Tuesday.
