Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Mixed; Cal-Maine Foods FQ2 Net Profit Rises 83%

Following the market opening Monday, the Dow traded up 0.05 percent to 16,486.63 while the NASDAQ declined 0.21 percent to 4,147.91. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.06 percent to 1,840.25.

Cal-Maine Foods

reported an

in its fiscal second-quarter net income. Cal-Maine's quarterly net income surged to $26.1 million, or $1.08 per share, from $14.3 million, or $0.60 per share, in the year-ago period. Its revenue climbed 8% to $354.3 million from $328.9 million.

Shares of Crocs

got a boost, shooting up 13.50 percent to $15.13 after the company reported that it will receive a $200 million investment from Blackstone Group LP

. Sterne Agee upgraded the stock from Underperform to Neutral. Trina Solar

shot up 6.46 percent to $14.00 after the company signed an investment framework

1GW solar power plant project in Xinjiang, Western China. Polypore International

was also up, gaining 4.74 percent to $39.81 after the company announced settlement and license agreement with Sumitomo Chemical.

Shares of Twitter

were down 6.43 percent to $59.65 after tumbling 13.04% on Friday. Twitter shares surged to an all-time high of $74.73 on Thursday. Cooper Tire & Rubber Co

tumbled 2.92 percent to $22.29 after the company

agreement with Apollo Tyres. Facebook

was down, falling 1.40 percent to $54.67. Facebook shares have jumped 108.26 percent over the past 52 weeks.

In commodity news,

to $99.90, while gold traded down 0.60 percent to $1,206.70. Silver traded down 1.92 percent Monday to $19.67, while copper fell 0.12 percent to $3.38.

European shares

today. The Spanish Ibex Index dropped 0.15 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index climbed 0.06 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX dropped 0.39 percent and the French CAC 40 jumped 0.05 percent while U.K. shares declined 0.33 percent.

The NAR's pending home sales index rose 0.20% in November, versus economists' expectations for a 1.00% gain. The Treasury is set to auction 3-and 6-month bills. Data on farm prices will be released at 3:00 p.m. ET.