April 08, 2024 19:13 GMT
Late Equities Roundup: Holding Modest Gains
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- Stocks hold modestly higher territory late Monday, off midday highs amid light position squaring. Stock held to a narrow range as markets await Wednesday's CPI and FOMC minutes. Currently, DJIA is up 32.49 points (0.08%) at 38936.26, S&P E-Minis up 5.75 points (0.11%) at 5258.75, Nasdaq up 23.3 points (0.1%) at 16271.68.
- Leading Gainers: Consumer Discretionary and Real Estate sectors continued to outperform late in the session. A combination of autos, cruise-lines and personal product distributors supported the Consumer Discretionary sector: Tesla +5.38% amid talk of autonomous EV taxi venture, Bath & Body Works +3.12%, Carnival +3.01% and Norwegian Cruise Line +2.81%
- Meanwhile, Real estate investment trusts, particularly residential and office REITs buoyed the latter: Camden Property +5.46%, Mid-America Apartment +4.11%, Boston Properties +3.34%.
- Laggers: Health Care and Information Technology sectors underperformed, biotech extending lows late: Merck -1.31%, Eli Lilly -0.95%, Vertex Pharmaceuticals -0.75%. Meanwhile, hardware makers weighed on IT: Super Micro -1.37%. Seagate -0.90%, Apple -0.52%.
- Reminder, the next quarterly earnings starts in earnest late this week with JP Morgan, BlackRock, Wells Fargo, State Street and Citigroup reporting Friday, April 12.
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