Mid-Afternoon Market Update: Markets Remain Down as Aegerion Pharma Rises On J.P. Morgan Price Target

Toward the end of trading Wednesday, the Dow traded down 0.54 percent to 15,326.06, while the NASDAQ fell 0.39 percent to 3,475.82. The S&P was also down, dropping 0.50 percent to 1,651.33. Top Headline Smithfield Foods (NYSE: SFD ) agreed to be bought by Chinese Shuanghui Group for around $4.8 billion,