Take a look at some of Tuesday's midday movers:
Gold companies benefited from the precious metal's 2 percent rally. Newmont Mining, Barrick Gold and Gold Fields each rose more than 4 percent.
A more than 1 percent decline in utilities sent sector stocks lower. Multi-utilities SCANA, Wisconsin Energy, and CMS Energy, along with power producer AES all traded down about 2 percent.
Whole Foods gained more than 1 percent following bullish reports in three investing news websites.
Akamai Technology rose about 1 percent after D.A. Davidson raised its price target on the cloud computing firm.
American Realty surged more than 8 percent after activist investor Corvex disclosed a 7.1 percent stake in the real estate investment consulting group.