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Equity Roundup: Energy Sector Weighing, Crude Sell-Off

US STOCKS

Stocks indexes trading mixed, but near session lows with SPX and Nasdaq underperforming DJIA. Energy sector shares weighing on SPX as crude prices fell over $3Bbl earlier. SPX eminis currently trade +1 (0.03%) at 3956.5; DJIA +90.91 (0.27%) at 33638.46; Nasdaq -46.4 (-0.4%) at 11099.01.

  • SPX leading/lagging sectors: As noted, Energy sector underperforming (-1.50%) w/ Diamondback Energy -4.74%, Marathon -3.42%, Devon Energy -2.80%. Communication Services and Consumer Discretionary both appr -0.80%, media & entertainment and auto makers respectively weaker (Charter Comm -3.08%, Warner Bros -2.28%, Netflix -2.14%, TSLA -2.86%). Leaders: Utilities (+1.41%), Health Care (+0.86%) and Real Estate (+0.60%) sectors.
  • Dow Industrials Leaders/Laggers: United Health (UNH) continues to rally +13.24 at 528.55, Merck (MRK) +1.69 at 104.00, IBM +1.35 at 147.44. Laggers: Salesforce.Com (CRM) -2.99 at 146.70, Chevron (CVX) -2.88 at 181.21 and Microsoft (MSFT) -2.46 at 239.22.

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