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Midday Stock Roundup

The S&P 500 was down 0.5% to 2,082.75.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.3% to 17,789.94

The Nasdaq was down 0.9% to 5,022.90

The yield on a 10-year Treasury bond was down 0.7% to 2.39%.

The price of gold was up 0.4% to $1,172.

RETAIL

Huntington Beach-based Quiksilver Inc. was down 9.5% to $1.24 and a $212.5 million market cap. The surf apparel manufacturer and retailer is scheduled to report earnings Tuesday before markets open. This morning, analysts at Los Angeles-based B. Riley maintained a “buy” rating on the company’s shares with a price target of $3.

FOOD

Anaheim-based Bridgford Foods Corp. was up 14.3% to $9.06 and an $82.4 million market cap. The thinly traded food products maker saw unusually high volume by midday—more than 4,000 shares traded compared with a 90-day average of 2,400 shares. Net income over the trailing twelve months has improved in each quarter, swinging from a $2.4 million loss in the third quarter of 2014 to a $2.2 million profit for the second quarter of 2015, which ended April 17.

HEALTHCARE

Irvine-based Biolase Inc. was up 8.8% to $1.77 and a $103 million market cap. The dental laser maker’s shares have risen by 30% since Friday’s session, when it said it didn’t know of a reason for a recent decline in its share price.

TECHNOLOGY

Irvine-based Multi-Fineline Electronix Inc. was down 7.8% to $23.38 and a $569.2 million market cap on relatively high volume.

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