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US STOCKS: Late Equities Roundup: Still Weaker But Well Off Lows

US STOCKS
  • Stocks remain weaker but are trading well off early session lows in late Monday trade - stocks have been gradually paring losses since this mornings better than expected pending home sales (2.2% vs. 0.8% est) and Dallas Fed Mfg (3.4 vs. -3.0 est) data.
  • Currently, the DJIA trades down 337.49 points (-0.79%) at 42655.64, S&P E-Minis down 54 points (-0.9%) at 5973, Nasdaq down 165.6 points (-0.8%) at 19557.58.
  • Consumer Discretionary and Materials sectors continued to underperform in late trade, auto-related shares weighing on the former: Tractor Supply -2.79%, Tesla -1.98%, LKQ Inc -1.79% and O'Reilly Automotive -1.48%. Metals and mining shares weighed on the Materials sector: Albemarle -2.10%, Newmont Corp and Freeport-McMoRan both -1.5%, FMC Corp -1.49%.
  • On the positive side, the Energy sector continued to outperform while Information Technology sector shares gained momentum. Oil $ gas stocks buoyed the Energy sector as crude prices inched higher (WTI +0.33 at 70.95): EQT Corp +5.05%, Coterra Energy +4.22%, Devon Energy +2.76%.
  • Meanwhile, semiconductor stocks buoyed the IT sector with Nvidia +1.68%, VeriSign +0.51% while Autodesk and Adobe both gained 0.05%.
  • Reminder, the next round of quarterly earnings kicks off mid-January with Blackrock, Bank of NY Melon, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, US Bancorp, M&T Bank and PNC all reporting between January 13-16.
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  • Stocks remain weaker but are trading well off early session lows in late Monday trade - stocks have been gradually paring losses since this mornings better than expected pending home sales (2.2% vs. 0.8% est) and Dallas Fed Mfg (3.4 vs. -3.0 est) data.
  • Currently, the DJIA trades down 337.49 points (-0.79%) at 42655.64, S&P E-Minis down 54 points (-0.9%) at 5973, Nasdaq down 165.6 points (-0.8%) at 19557.58.
  • Consumer Discretionary and Materials sectors continued to underperform in late trade, auto-related shares weighing on the former: Tractor Supply -2.79%, Tesla -1.98%, LKQ Inc -1.79% and O'Reilly Automotive -1.48%. Metals and mining shares weighed on the Materials sector: Albemarle -2.10%, Newmont Corp and Freeport-McMoRan both -1.5%, FMC Corp -1.49%.
  • On the positive side, the Energy sector continued to outperform while Information Technology sector shares gained momentum. Oil $ gas stocks buoyed the Energy sector as crude prices inched higher (WTI +0.33 at 70.95): EQT Corp +5.05%, Coterra Energy +4.22%, Devon Energy +2.76%.
  • Meanwhile, semiconductor stocks buoyed the IT sector with Nvidia +1.68%, VeriSign +0.51% while Autodesk and Adobe both gained 0.05%.
  • Reminder, the next round of quarterly earnings kicks off mid-January with Blackrock, Bank of NY Melon, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, US Bancorp, M&T Bank and PNC all reporting between January 13-16.