March 08, 2024 19:48 GMT
Late Equities Roundup: Inching Off Lows, Real Estate, Financials Lead
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- Stocks are inching off lows in late trade, S&P Eminis near steady after profit taking in chip stocks knocked the index off new all time highs from this morning. Currently, DJIA is up 108.71 points (0.28%) at 38900.38, S&P E-Minis down 10.5 points (-0.2%) at 5151.25, Nasdaq down 90.6 points (-0.6%) at 16184.07.
- Information Technology and Consumer Staples sectors continued to underperform in late trade, semiconductor makers that had buoyed markets all week traded lower as accounts booked profits: Broadcom -5.44% (-4.41%/wk), Nvidia -3.82% (still +5.70%/wk), Intel -2.45% (+0.44%/wk).
- Distribution and retailers weighed on the Consumer Staples sector, Costco -7.23% even after booking quarterly sales of appr $60B. Dollar Tree traded -1.35% while Dollar General traded -0.99%.
- Leading gainers: Real Estate and Financial sectors led gainers in late trade: estate management company CBRE Group +1.95%, SBA Comm +2.61%, Alexandria Real Estate +2.18%.
- Banks and services shares rebounded from heavier selling in regionals earlier this week, Zion Bancorp +2.36%, Comerica +2.13%, Invesco +1.82%.
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