Mid-Afternoon Market Update: Pandora Rises on Cowen Note While Talk of a Suspended Dividend Hits Walter Energy

Toward the end of trading Wednesday, the Dow traded up 1.088 percent to 14,920.10 while the NASDAQ gained 0.94 percent to 3,379.10. The S&P rose, surging 0.98 percent to 1,603.43. Top Headline Monsanto (NYSE: MON ) reported a 3% drop in its third-quarter net profit. Monsanto's quarterly profit declined to $909 million,