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Late Equity Roundup: Consumer Discretionary, Real Estate, IT Lagging

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  • Stocks remain weaker in late trade, support waning all day after this morning's stronger than expected JOLTS Job Openings (9.610M vs. 8.808M est, 8.827M prior) that also helped push Treasury 10Y yield to new 16 year high of 4.8039 (+.1253) in late trade. S&P E-Mini futures back to early June levels: down 67.25 points (-1.56%) at 4256.5, DJIA down 479.74 points (-1.43%) at 32953.52, Nasdaq down 274.7 points (-2.1%) at 13034.05.
  • Laggers: Consumer Discretionary, Real Estate and Information Technology sectors continued to underperform in late trade. Auto makers and broadline retailers weighed on Discretionary sector shares: Amazon -3.7%, Etsy -3.23%, GM -3.3%, Ford -1.87%, Tesla -1.91%.
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) underperformed, particularly hotel and health care REITs: Welltower Inc -3.06%, Ventas -2.8%, Host Hotels -2.6%. Meanwhile, Software and services shares weighed on IT: EPAM -3.95%, Ansys -3.5%, Cadence Design -3.5%.
  • Leaders: Utilities, Materials and Energy sectors outperformed, the former taking the lead in the second half led by gas and multi-energy providers: NI Source +3.85%, CMS Energy +2.6%, Atmos +1.35%.
  • Meanwhile, metals and mining shares backstopped Materials with Nucor Corp +.71%, Energy supported by equipment and services providers: Schlumberger +0.62%, Haliburton +0.25%.

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