Midday Nasdaq Flat on Disappointing Manufacturing Data, but VeriSign Is Going Strong
Posted on December 03, 2012 at 15:11 PM EST
MINYANVILLE ORIGINAL The NASDAQ Composite Index (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) was mostly flat at 2:45 p.m. after a significant decline from October to November in a key manufacturing index. The NASDAQ fell just 0.08% to 3 007.95. Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) fell 1.54% to $27.57 on high volume despite its recent recovery after it was reported that the social networking company was looking to buy mobile messaging company WhatsApp. It was also a good day for Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) which rose 4.56% to $10.08 on more than double its average volume despite flat trading on the day. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) fell 0.51% to $26.48 ...