July 26, 2024 18:59 GMT
Late Equities Roundup: Paring Gains, Dow Still Up on Week
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- Still strong in late trade, stocks drew some profit taking/position squaring ahead of the weekend. The Dow outpaced the S&P Eminis and Nasdaq indexes as the former climbed back to July 18 levels.
- Currently, the DJIA is up 649.11 points (1.63%) at 40584.79, S&P E-Minis up 52.5 points (0.96%) at 5494.5, Nasdaq up 149.1 points (0.9%) at 17331.79.
- Industrial and Financial sectors continued to outperform in late trade, manufacturing and construction names supporting the former: better than expected earnings and up-revised profit forecasts helps 3M surge 21.73%, GE Vernova +7.58%, Stanley Black & Decker +6.42. Insurance and financial companies buoyed the Financial sector: AON +7.48%, Hartford +6.21%, Cincinnati Financial Group +3.31%.
- On the flipside, Energy and Consumer Staples sectors continued to lag the broad based rally, weaker crude (WTI -1.50 at 76.73) weighing on oil and gas shares: Phillips 66 -0.33%, Occidental Petroleum and APA both -0.13%, EQT Corp -0.05%. Meanwhile, retailers weighed on the Consumer Staples sector: Walmart -0.36%, Costco and Dollar General both -0.18%.
- Earnings announcement are largely done for the week. Monday kicks off with Arbor Realty, Revvity Inc, McDonalds Corp and ON Semiconductors early on; SBA Communications, Welltower, Chesapeake Energy, Lattice Semiconductor and Sybmotic after Monday's close.
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