Benzinga Mid-Morning Market Update

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Following the market opening Monday morning, the Dow Jones was down about 0.30 percent, or roughly 40.44 points. The NASDAQ fell about 0.65 percent, or 20.58 points, while the S&P traded down 0.38 percent, dropping 5.49 points. Shares of Rock-Tenn
RKT
got a boost in early trading Monday, moving up 6.16 percent around $72.95 Following an Upgrade at Jefferies to Class A Buy. Tivo
TIVO
rallied in early trading as well, rising 6.07 percent to $10.14 following the announcement that Verizon
VZ
will pay Tivo $250.4 million as a settlement in the company's' patent infringement case. Packaging Corp of America
PKG
also rose Monday, up 4.12 percent to $35.14 following an upgrade at BMO Capital Markets. Questcor Pharmaceuticals
QCOR
continued its slide Monday as shares plummeted 28.68 percent to $21.49 following downgrades at Piper Jaffray, Leerink Swann, Oppenheimer, and Ladenburg Thalmann. Vonage Holdings
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VG
also fell, dropping 6.67 percent to $2.24. In tech news, Google
GOOG
crossed above the $740 line for the first time in its history. In economic reports, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index came in at -0.87, below the -0.12 in July. The Dallas Fed Manufacturing survey came in at -0.9, better than the -2.7 that was expected.
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