Equity Roundup: Reverse Early Gains, Fed Speak Saps Risk Appetite

Stocks weaker and extending lows ahead midday, well off early session highs as hawkish Fed speak from Dallas Fed Logan on danger of not hike rates enough to combat inflation tempered risk appetite. Several sell programs reported in late morning trade with SPX eminis currently trading -40.25 (-0.97%) at 4106.25; DJIA -395.23 (-1.15%) at 33846.54; Nasdaq -107.8 (-0.9%) at 11781.57.

• SPX leading/lagging sectors: Communication Services (-1.42%), Real Estate (-1.32%) and Industrials (-1.19%) sectors underperformed. Interactive media and entertainment weighed on the former (TTWO -1.8%, GooG -1.58%, WBD -1.21%) while Industrials weighed by commercial and professional services shares ((LDOS -3.94%, RHI -1.08%, VRSK -1.04%).
• Leaders: Energy (-0.50%), Consumer Discretionary (-0.62%) and Information Technology (-0.66%) outperformed on mixed levels (CTRA +1.96%, OXY +1.56%, COP +1.39%) vs. (BKR -1.17%, MRO -1.16%, XOM and HAL -0.87%).
• Dow Industrials Leaders/Laggers: Boeing (BA) +1.84 at 217.49, Chevron (CVX) +0.72 at 171.73. Laggers: Home Depot (HD) -5.89 at 317.64, Caterpillar (CAT) -5.24 at 242.91, United Health (UNH) -4.18 at 491.17.
• Earnings after the close: Devon Energy (DVN, $1.76 est), GoDaddy (GDDY $0.67 est), Akamai Technology (AKAM $1.27 est), Airbnb (ABNB $0.31 est), Livent (LTHM $0.37 est), Comstock Resources (CRK $0.75 est), Generac (GNRC $1.62 est).