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Equity Roundup: Energy Sector Underperforming; Late Earnings

US STOCKS

Stocks trading mixed after midday, Nasdaq shares outperforming. SPX eminis currently trading -4 (-0.1%) at 4141.25; DJIA -87.16 (-0.26%) at 34001.93; Nasdaq +37.9 (0.3%) at 11997.31.

  • SPX leading/lagging sectors: Energy (-2.23%) weighed by O&G names (HAL -3.36%, SLB -2.6%, BKR -2.03%), Health Care (-0.56%) and Consumer Staples (-0.35%) sectors follow, pharmaceuticals and bio-techs weighing on the former (BIIB -4.09%, PKI -2.93%, LLY -2.85%).
  • Leaders: Communication Services (+0.59%), Consumer Discretionary (+0.53%) followed by Industrials (+0.30%). Media and entertainment shares underpinned the former (PARA +7.80%, TTWO +2.37%, FOX +2.17%).
  • Dow Industrials Leaders/Laggers: Caterpillar (CAT) +3.03 at 247.39, Apple (AAPL) +0.92 at 154.12, Goldman Sachs (GS) +0.55 at 372.33. Laggers: Microsoft (MSFT) -4.20 at 267.97, Chevron (CVX) -3.73 at 168.59, United Health (UNH) -3.42 at 489.41.
  • Earnings after the close: Republic Services (RSG $1.02 est), Energy Transfer (ET $0.38 est), Invitation Homes (INVH $0.41 est), Cisco (CSCO $0.85 est), Synopsys (SNPS $2.51 est), Roku (ROKU -$1.74 est), CF Ind (CF $4.23 est), Marathon Oil (MRO $0.84 est), Equinix (EQIX $4.81 est), American Int Group (AIG $1.26 est), Albemarle (ALB $8.19 est), Welltower (WELL $0.82 est)

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