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Late Equities Roundup: Eminis Maintains Trajectory to New Highs

US STOCKS
  • Stocks continue to march higher in late Thursday trade, S&P Eminis making new all time highs with Communication Services and Information Technology sectors outperforming. Currently, DJIA is up 208.79 points (0.54%) at 38870.46, S&P E-Minis up 57.25 points (1.12%) at 5169, Nasdaq up 269.8 points (1.7%) at 16301.51.
  • Communication Services and Information Technology sectors continued to lead gainers in the second half: media and entertainment shares buoyed the former: Paramount +4.13%, Meta +3.70%, Warner Brothers +3.15%. Continued AI demand for high end chips supported IT: ON Semiconductor +9.51%, Microchip Technology +7.06%, Qualcomm +5.13% while Intel, Micron and Nvidia all gained 3.55-3.65%.
  • Laggers: Financials and Real Estate sectors underperformed in the first half, banks underperforming insurers late: Truist Financial and JPM both -0.97%, Huntington Bancshares -0.26%. On the flipside: Regions Financial +1.24%, Comerica +1.05%. After halting twice Wednesday, NY Community Bancorp trades +6.07% today after securing over $1B from a consortium of investors that included "LIBERTY STRATEGIC, HUSDON BAY and REVERENCE", Bbg.
  • Meanwhile, estate management and retail REITS shares weighed in the Real Estate sector: CoStar Group -1.78%, Simon Property Group -2.04%.

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