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Late Equity Roundup: Maintaining Gains

US STOCKS

Stocks continue to trade near top end NY session range, Health Care and Consumer staples sectors leading SPX eminis currently trading +48.25 (1.28%) at 3812.25; DJIA +482.67 (1.55%) at 31564.87; Nasdaq +81.6 (0.8%) at 10940.79.

  • SPX leading/lagging sectors: Health Care (+2.00%) as pharmaceuticals and biotech shares outpace equipment makers. Consumer Staples (+1.79%) next up, road and rail stocks supporting followed by Financials (+1.69%) as insurance names outpace banks. Laggers: Real Estate (+0.06%), Materials (+0.17%) and Consumer Discretionary (+0.18%), autos and consumer services weighing on the latter.
  • Dow Industrials Leaders/Laggers: Carry-over bid in United Health (UNH) +8.10 at 541.83, Amgen (AMGN) +7.81 at 259.75, Home Depot (HD) +7.00 at 282.53. Laggers: Chevron (CVX) -0.27 at 172.92, Disney (DIS) -.11 at 101.93 and
    Nike (NKE) -0.06 at 88.44.
  • Reminder: Q3 equity earning annc's pick up in earnest tomorrow: sampling of pre-open annc: United Parcel Service (UPS) $2.847 est; General Motors (GM) $1.893 est; General Electric (GE) $0.468 est;

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