The markets traded mixed during the midday with the Dow slipping 4 points to 17,819 as existing home sales fell in October. Nasdaq added 11 points to 5,116.

On the upside

StockMarketLeader.com identified Macrocure (Nasdaq: MCUR) as one of four stocks under $500 million market capitalization with strong upside potential.

eFuture Information Technology (Nasdaq: EFUT) corrected its third quarter financial results.

Shares of Celladon (Nasdaq: CLDN) extended its gains.

On the downside

Shares of Arch Coal (NYSE: ACI) fell below $1.

Investors locked in profits on MannKind (Nasdaq: MNKD).

Profit taking continued to weigh down shares of Violin Memory (NYSE: VMEM).

In the broad market, advancing issues outpaced decliners by a margin of 5 to 3 on the NYSE and by nearly 5 to 3 on Nasdaq. The broader S&P 500 added 3 points to 2,092. Bitcoin edged up a fraction to $322.