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Equities Roundup: Energy, IT Sectors Outperforming

US STOCKS
  • Stocks extending modest early session gains, S&P eminis still shy of last Wednesday's high (4830.75), currently supported by Energy and Information Technology sectors. At the moment: DJIA trades up 62.85 points (0.17%) at 37448.31, S&P E-Mini futures up 9.75 points (0.2%) at 4815.25, Nasdaq up 56.1 points (0.4%) at 15049.87.
  • Leading gainers: Energy and IT sectors outperforming in the first half, equipment and services shares supporting the former: Schlumberger +1.64%, Haliburton +1.48%, Baker Hughes +1.44%. Semiconductor stocks buoyed IT: Intel +2.46%, Monolithic Power +1.38%, Lam Research +1.38%.
  • Laggers: Health Care and Consumer Staples stocks underperformed, pharmaceutical and biotech shares weighing on the former: Incyte -0.86%, Amgen -0.60%, Bristol-Myers Squibb -0.42%. BMY traded lower after announcing $4.1B to purchase radiopharmaceutical therapeutics company RayzeBio (RYZB) earlier in the day.
  • A bullish theme in S&P e-minis remains intact after last Wednesday’s abrupt sell-off/ correction. Last week’s fresh trend highs, confirm once again a resumption of the uptrend that started Oct 27. The contract has recently cleared resistance at 4738.50, the Jul 27 high, reinforcing current positive trend conditions. Sights are on 4854.75 next, a Fibonacci projection. On the downside, initial firm support lies at 4692.70, the 20-day EMA.

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