Mid-Day Market Update: Build-A-Bear Declines On Weak Results; Lifelock Shares Surge

Midway through trading Thursday, the Dow traded down 0.30 percent to 17,727.04 while the NASDAQ slipped 0.28 percent to 5,081.26. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.13 percent to 2,087.64.

In trading on Thursday, energy shares jumped by 0.02 percent. Top gainers in the sector included

, up 11 percent, and

, up 12 percent. In trading on Thursday, utilities shares dipped by 1.10 percent. Meanwhile, top losers in the sector included

, down 5 percent, and

, off 6 percent.

Mastercard Inc

reported better-than-expected earnings for the third quarter on Thursday. The Purchase, New York-based company reported quarterly net income of $977 million, or $0.86 per share, compared to $1.02 billion, or $0.87 per share, in the year-ago quarter. Excluding special items, the company's earnings came in at$0.91 per share. Its revenue surged to $2.53 billion from $2.49 billion. However, analysts were expecting earnings of $0.88 per share on revenue of $2.54 billion.

shares shot up 43 percent to $13.83 after the company reported upbeat results for the third quarter and reached a deal with the FTC staff related to outstanding litigation. Shares of

got a boost, shooting up 27 percent to $33.85 after the company announced positive 6-month duration in BELMONT study.

shares were also up, gaining 26 percent to $10.03 after the company reported upbeat Q3 results.

shares tumbled 20 percent to $9.00 on weaker-than-expected Q3 results. Shares of

were down 23 percent to $14.35 after the company reported downbeat Q3 results.

was down, falling 24 percent to $75.39. Abiomed reported Q2 earnings of $0.17 per share on revenue of $76.4 million.

In commodity news, oil traded down 0.15 percent to $45.87, while gold traded down 2.28 percent to $1,149.30. Silver traded down 4.25 percent Thursday to $15.60, while copper fell 1.38 percent to $2.33.

European shares were lower today. The eurozone's STOXX 600 fell 0.39 percent, the Spanish Ibex Index fell 0.78 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index dipped 2.04 percent. Meanwhile, the German DAX slipped 0.58 percent, and the French CAC 40 dropped 0.68 percent, while U.K. shares fell 0.85 percent.

Initial jobless claims rose by 1,000 to 260,000 in the week ended October 24. Economists were expecting claims to total 263,000 in the week. US gross domestic product increased at an annual pace of 1.5 percent in the third quarter, versus economists' expectations for a 1.6 percent growth. Pending home sales slipped 2.3 percent in September, according to the National Association of Realtors. Supplies of natural gas climbed 63 billion cubic feet for the week ended October 23, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said. However, analysts were expecting a gain of 66 billion cubic feet to 70 billion cubic feet.