The S&P 500 was down 0.1% in midday trading to 2,019.95.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.2% to 17,241.69.
The NASDAQ was up 0.1% to 4,752.60.
The yield on a 10-year Treasury bond was down 1.4% to 1.95%.
The price of gold was down 1.21% to $1,244.
SERVICES
Shares in Newport Beach-based Acacia Research Corp. were up 6% to $3.75 per share and a $191 million market cap on news that Plano, Texas-based ARC Acquisition Company LLC would acquire the intellectual property services company in an all-cash $189 million deal.
