Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] The major indices found some upside momentum in recent trading. The equal-weighted S&P 500 sports a 0.1% gain and the market-cap weighted index shows a 0.2% gain.

Earlier, wholesale inventories rose 0.1% in August following a 0.2% increase in July.

Weekly EIA crude oil inventories had a build of 5.81 million barrels after last week's build of 3.89 million barrels. WTI crude oil futures are 2.0% lower at $72.10/bbl.