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Equities Roundup: Paring Gains After BoJ YCC Chatter

US STOCKS
  • Still firmer, stocks are trimming gains in the minutes after Nikkei story posits the Bank of Japan will consider tweaking yield curve control framework at tomorrow's policy meeting, letting 10Y yield "exceed 1%". Knock-on effect has Tsys moving off session highs as well. Currently, DJIA is currently up 246.4 points (0.76%) at 32663.94, S&P E-Mini Future up 17.75 points (0.43%) at 4155.5, Nasdaq up 64.4 points (0.5%) at 12707.72.
  • Leaders: Communication Services, Consumer Staples and Financial sectors outperforming, telecom and media/entertainment shares buoying the former: Meta +3.6%, Charter Communications +3.5%, AT&T +2.85%, Verizon +2.36%.
  • Household/personal product shares helped support Consumer Staples sector: Colgate-Palmolive +2.3%, Estee Lauder +1.5%, Constellation Brands +1.37%.
  • Meanwhile, bank and insurance names buoyed the Financial sector: Goldman Sachs +1.67%, Hartford +1.56, Travelers +1.4%.
  • Laggers: Energy and Health Care sectors underperformed, oil and gas servicer shares weighed on the former: EQT Corp -2.88%, Kinder Morgan -2.0%, Devon Energy -1.05%.
  • Equipment and services shares weighed on the Health Care sector: Align Technology falling another -6.6% this morning after missing earnings est's last Friday; other laggers included Dexcom -3.2% and Insulet -2.38% (insulin makers underperforming the last couple weeks).

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