India, May 22 -- After moving sharply lower over the course of the previous session, stocks are turning in a relatively lackluster performance during trading on Thursday.

While the tech-heavy Nasdaq is regaining ground, the Dow and the S&P 500 have spent the day lingering near the unchanged line.

Currently, the major averages are turning in a mixed performance. The Nasdaq is up 93.46 points or 0.5 percent at 18,966.10 and the S&P 500 is up 0.85 points or less than a tenth of a percent at 5,845.46, but the Dow is down 37.03 points or 0.1 percent at 41,823.41.

The choppy trading on Wall Street comes as traders seem to be keeping a closer than usual eye on treasury yields, which have recently surged amid concerns about the fiscal impact of ...