Mid-Afternoon Market Update: Markets Look to Close Red as Solar Stocks Show Strength

Toward the end of trading Thursday, the Dow traded down 0.74 percent to 16,454.39 while the NASDAQ declined 0.87 percent to 4,140.77. The S&P also fell, dropping 0.88 percent to 1,832.58. Top Headline Fiat SpA (OTC: FIATY ) announced its plans to buy the rest of the Chrysler Group LLC for