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Late Equity Roundup: Comm Services Leaven Weaker Energy Shares

US STOCKS

Little change for stocks indexes trading marginally mixed after the FI close, inside session range after initial post-PPI sell-off, Communication Services sector outperforming. SPX eminis currently trade -3.75 (-0.09%) at 3962; DJIA -91.7 (-0.27%) at 33688.9; Nasdaq +4.3 (0%) at 11086.19.

  • SPX leading/lagging sectors: Communication Services (+0.65%) outperformed after better selling Thu, Netflix climbing 4.47% following upgrade by Wells Fargo, follow through support for Paramount +5.06%, Warner Bros +3.39% and Disney +1.5%. Next up, Real Estate (+0.59%) followed by Information Technology (+23%), the latter lead by hardware/memory storage names (NTAP +1.55%, WDC +1.89%, AAPL +1.00%).
  • Laggers: Energy (-1.82%) clear underperformer lead by oil and gas shares (DVN -5.64%, SLB -5.23%, Hal -5.06). Health Care (-0.65%) and Materials (-0.35%) follow.
  • Dow Industrials Leaders/Laggers: Goldman Sachs (GS) bounced +2.15 to 360.59, Boeing (BA) +2.14 at 181.22, Salesforce.com (CRM) +1.77 at 131.90.
  • Laggers: Chevron (CRX) -4.24 at 169.30, Amgen (AMGN) -4.99 at 280.58, United Health (UNH) -3.46 at 544.46.

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