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Late Equity Roundup, Extending Gains Late

US STOCKS

Stocks making new late session highs after the FI close, follow through rsk on after Fed Chairman Powell's WSJ interview stuck to the dual mandate. SPX emini futures currently +79.25 (1.98%) at 4084.5, Dow Industrials +438.78 (1.36%) at 32663.54, Nasdaq +312.6 (2.7%) at 11975.88.

  • Latest earnings cycle winding down: Home Depot and Walmart annc'd earlier. Home Depot was trading +6% earlier after better-than-expected earnings results for its fiscal first quarter ended May 1, pared gains/currently trades +2.28% at 302.75 (310.94 high). WMT didn't fare as well initially after cutting profit guidance on rising costs, continues to fall -11.2% at 131.64 (-16.61).
  • Next to annc: Target early Wednesday, Applied Materials and Cisco Wednesday and Thursday respectively.
  • SPX leading/lagging sectors: Information Technology (+2.96%) as semiconductors outperform, outpacing Materials (+2.89%) and Financials (+2.87%)
  • Laggers: Consumer Staples (-1.26) food retail and super-center retailers lagging; Real Estate (+0.64%) followed by Utilities (+0.80%).
  • Dow Industrials Leaders/Laggers: Goldman Sachs (GS) +9.19 at 312.63; Boeing (BA) +8.24 at 132.29. Laggers: as noted Walmart, McDonalds (-3.17 at 240.87).

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