Late Equity Roundup, Extending Lows into Month End

Stocks weaker in late trade, extending modest session lows as Materials, Information Technology and Consumer Discretionary sectors underperforming. Currently, SPX eminis trade -18 (-0.45%) at 3969.5; DJIA -171.49 (-0.54%) at 31625.45; Nasdaq -37 (-0.3%) at 11847.21. SPX move puts index back to late July levels after hitting the best levels since April in mid-August (4307.25).

• SPX leading/lagging sectors: Communication Services +0.63% (lead by media and entertainment w/ META +3.21%, Netflix +2.27%), followed by modest recovery in Energy (+0.09%) with Haliburton (HAL) +1.38%, Marathon Oil (MRO) +1.29% and Devon Energy (DVN) +1.18%. Laggers: Materials -0.92%, Information Technology -0.66% and Consumer Discretionary -0.65% (autos and consumer durables lagging). Note, Wards total vehicle sales reported throughout Thu's session, current est at 13.3m vs. 13.35m prior.
• Dow Industrials Leaders/Laggers: Amgen (AMGN) +1.66 at 240.78, Disney (DIS) +0.32 at 112.75, Walgreens Boots (WBA) +0.28 at 35.46.
• Laggers: Salesforce.Com (CRM) extends losses in the second half, now -3.32 at 156.35, Home Depot -3.29 at 289.91, Goldman Sachs -2.84 at 330.79.