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Late Equities Roundup: Under Pressure, Near Round Number Support

US STOCKS
  • Stocks are trading weaker late Monday amid ongoing, reversing this morning's bounce off Friday's lows as Middle East geopolitical tensions sapped markets risk appetite. Several rounds of program selling reported after Israeli military officials said they had "no choice but to retaliate against Iran" Axios reported.
  • S&P E-Mini future neared round number technical support of 5100.0 late rebounded to 5118.5 down 49 points (-0.95%) at 5118.5, Nasdaq down 233.7 points (-1.4%) at 15940.88, DJIA down 189.23 points (-0.5%) at 37790.59.
  • Laggers: Real Estate and Information Technology sector shares underperformed in late trade, estate management and services weighed on the former: CoStar Group -3.46%, CBRE Group -2.43%. Software stock weighed on the IT sector late: Salesforce -6.72%, Enphase -4.27%, ServiceNow Inc -3.73%.
  • Leading Gainers: Health Care and Financial sector stocks outperformed in the first half, equipment and services shares buoyed the former with Centene +3.35%, Cardinal Health +2.12%, United Health Care +1.52%. Banks led gains in the Financial sector after announcing better than expected earnings this morning: M&T Bank +4.52%, Goldman Sachs +2.99%, Wells Fargo (annc last Friday) +0.71%.
  • Expected to announce quarterly earnings Tuesday: Bank of NY Melon, PNC Financial, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley.
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  • Stocks are trading weaker late Monday amid ongoing, reversing this morning's bounce off Friday's lows as Middle East geopolitical tensions sapped markets risk appetite. Several rounds of program selling reported after Israeli military officials said they had "no choice but to retaliate against Iran" Axios reported.
  • S&P E-Mini future neared round number technical support of 5100.0 late rebounded to 5118.5 down 49 points (-0.95%) at 5118.5, Nasdaq down 233.7 points (-1.4%) at 15940.88, DJIA down 189.23 points (-0.5%) at 37790.59.
  • Laggers: Real Estate and Information Technology sector shares underperformed in late trade, estate management and services weighed on the former: CoStar Group -3.46%, CBRE Group -2.43%. Software stock weighed on the IT sector late: Salesforce -6.72%, Enphase -4.27%, ServiceNow Inc -3.73%.
  • Leading Gainers: Health Care and Financial sector stocks outperformed in the first half, equipment and services shares buoyed the former with Centene +3.35%, Cardinal Health +2.12%, United Health Care +1.52%. Banks led gains in the Financial sector after announcing better than expected earnings this morning: M&T Bank +4.52%, Goldman Sachs +2.99%, Wells Fargo (annc last Friday) +0.71%.
  • Expected to announce quarterly earnings Tuesday: Bank of NY Melon, PNC Financial, Bank of America and Morgan Stanley.