Stock indices were higher in midday trading on a positive jobs report.
The S&P 500 was up 1.8% to 2,086.51.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 2% to 17,820.88.
The Nasdaq was up 1.8% to 5,128.11.
The yield on a 10-year Treasury bond was down 2.8% to 2.26%.
The price of gold was up 2.2% to $1,084.
HEALTHCARE
Mission Viejo-based healthcare facilities operator Ensign Group Inc. was up 3.5% to $47.91 and a $1.2 billion market cap on moderate volume.
Irvine-based Lombard Medical Inc. was down 6.4% to $1.31 and a $26 million market cap. The maker of stent-grafts to repair aortic aneurysm had by midday traded shares at a rate double its 90-day average.
