Mid-Day Market Update: Johnson Controls Shares Rise On Upbeat Profit, Select Comfort Declines

Midway through trading Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.69 percent to 15,577.37 while the NASDAQ surged 0.25 percent to 3,619.04. The S&P also rose, gaining 0.61 percent to 1,691.19. Top Headline Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS ) reported a rise in its second-quarter profit. Morgan Stanley's quarterly profit surged to $980 million, or