Benzinga Mid-Day Market Update

Following the market opening Monday morning, the Dow was down about 0.18 percent, or roughly 24.75 points. The NASDAQ fell about 0.70 percent, or 22.28 points, while the S&P traded down 0.29 percent, decreasing 4.26 points. Shares of Rock-Tenn

continued their rise midway through Monday, trading up 5.98 percent around $72.83 Following an Upgrade at Jefferies & Co. to Class A Buy. Tivo

rallied as well, rising 4.39 percent to $9.98 following the announcement that Verizon

will pay Tivo $250.4 million as a settlement in the company's' patent infringement case. Packaging Corp of America

also rose Monday, up 3.41 percent to $34.90 following an upgrade at BMO Capital Markets. Questcor Pharmaceuticals

continued its slide Monday as shares plummeted 33.42 percent to $20.06 following downgrades at Piper Jaffray, Leerink Swann, Oppenheimer, and Ladenburg Thalmann. Peregrine Pharmaceuticals

was also hammered, falling a staggering 75.54 percent to $1.32 following an announcement that it had discovered major discrepancies in its phase 2 data, and that investors should no longer rely on the study. Vonage Holdings

also fell, dropping 5.00 percent to $2.28. In tech news, Google

crossed above the $740 line for the first time in its history, and remained up midway through Monday. In economic reports, the Chicago Fed National Activity Index came in at -0.87, below the -0.12 in July. At 10:30, the Dallas Fed Manufacturing survey was also release, coming in at -0.9, above the expected -2.7, and slightly better than last month's figure of -1.6.