Mid-Afternoon Market Update: Gold Briefly Dips Below 1200, Westport Innovations Rallies

Toward the end of trading Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.88 percent to 15,040.39 while the NASDAQ gained 0.81 percent to 3,402.65. The S&P rose, surging 0.71 percent to 1,614.54. Top Headline ConAgra Foods (NYSE: CAG ) posted a profit in the fiscal fourth quarter. ConAgra posted a quarterly profit of $192.2