Mid-Day Market Update: Apple Surges On Analyst Upgrade; Cooper Tire Shares Fall

Midway through trading Monday, the Dow traded down 0.47 percent to 15,002.26 while the NASDAQ declined 0.50 percent to 3,788.59. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.40 percent to 1,683.81. Top Headline
Time Warner Cable TWC agreed to acquire DukeNet Communications LLC for $600 million in cash. The deal is likely to close in the first quarter of 2014. Equities Trading UP
Outerwall OUTR shot up 4.90 percent to $59.90 after Jana Partners LLC disclosed a major stake in the company. Shares of Donegal Group DGICB got a boost, shooting up 13.61 percent to $22.70 after Gregory Shepard offered $33-$37 per share for Donegal Group. Apple AAPL was also up, gaining 1.84 percent to $491.89 after Jefferies upgraded the stock from Hold to Buy and lifted its price target from $425 to $600. Equities Trading DOWN
Shares of Liquidity Services LQDT were down 10.07 percent to $29.47 after Bank of America downgraded the stock from Buy to Underperform. DryShips DRYS shares tumbled 5.29 percent to $3.58. DryShips launched ATM equity offering with Evercore group. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co CTB was down, falling 11.89 percent to $26.00 on court filing. Commodities
In commodity news, oil traded down 0.49 percent to $103.33, while gold traded up 0.96 percent to $1,322.50. Silver traded up 2.73 percent Monday to $22.35, while copper fell 0.09 percent to $3.30. Eurozone
European shares were mostly lower today. The Spanish Ibex Index fell 0.41 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index surged 0.66 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX fell 0.36 percent and the French CAC 40 rose 0.03 percent while U.K. shares dropped 0.26 percent. Economics
Data on consumer credit for August will be released at 3:00 p.m. ET.