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US STOCKS: Late Equities Roundup: Holding Near Record Highs, Earnings Resume

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  • Stocks are drifting near midday highs late Wednesday semiconductor stocks helping SPX Eminis climb back near early December all-time highs (6178.75).
  • Currently, the DJIA trades up 110.69 points (0.25%) at 44137.46, S&P E-Minis up 41.25 points (0.68%) at 6126, Nasdaq up 251.1 points (1.3%) at 20009.01.
  • Information Technology and Communication Services sectors continued to outperform in the second half, chip stocks supporting the former as noted: Monolithic Power +8.53%, Nvidia +4.63%, Lam Research +3.66%, while Applied Materials gained 3.01%.
  • Interactive media and entertainment stocks led gainers in the Communication Services sector: Netflix still up over 10% after some profit taking in the second half as subscriptions soar, Warner Bros +2.35%, Meta +1.77%.
  • On the flipside, Utilities and Real Estate sectors continued to underperform in late trade, gas and multi-energy providers weighing on the former: Dominion Energy -4.54%, PG&E -3.01% while Edison International declined 3.63%.
  • Investment trusts, particularly health care and industrial REITs weighed on the Real Estate sector: Ventas -2.95%, Healthpeak Properties -2.56% and Prologis -2.0%.
  • Earnings expected to be announced after the close include: Steel Dynamics, Discover Financial Services, Hexcel Corp, Alcoa Corp, Knight-Swift Transportation and Kinder Morgan Inc.
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  • Stocks are drifting near midday highs late Wednesday semiconductor stocks helping SPX Eminis climb back near early December all-time highs (6178.75).
  • Currently, the DJIA trades up 110.69 points (0.25%) at 44137.46, S&P E-Minis up 41.25 points (0.68%) at 6126, Nasdaq up 251.1 points (1.3%) at 20009.01.
  • Information Technology and Communication Services sectors continued to outperform in the second half, chip stocks supporting the former as noted: Monolithic Power +8.53%, Nvidia +4.63%, Lam Research +3.66%, while Applied Materials gained 3.01%.
  • Interactive media and entertainment stocks led gainers in the Communication Services sector: Netflix still up over 10% after some profit taking in the second half as subscriptions soar, Warner Bros +2.35%, Meta +1.77%.
  • On the flipside, Utilities and Real Estate sectors continued to underperform in late trade, gas and multi-energy providers weighing on the former: Dominion Energy -4.54%, PG&E -3.01% while Edison International declined 3.63%.
  • Investment trusts, particularly health care and industrial REITs weighed on the Real Estate sector: Ventas -2.95%, Healthpeak Properties -2.56% and Prologis -2.0%.
  • Earnings expected to be announced after the close include: Steel Dynamics, Discover Financial Services, Hexcel Corp, Alcoa Corp, Knight-Swift Transportation and Kinder Morgan Inc.