Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] Mostly sideways action over the last hour or so that has left the indices close to their lows for the session.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 0.2%, which makes it a relative strength leader. The S&P 500 is down 0.3%; the Nasdaq Composite is down 0.4%; the S&P Midcap 400 is down 1.0%; and the Russell 2000 is down 1.3%.

Procter & Gamble (PG 170.21, +1.79, +1.1%) is the Dow's biggest percentage gainer, but the moves in higher-priced UnitedHealth (UNH 582.34, +3.56, +0.6%), Microsoft (MSFT 424.13, +2.60, +0.6%), and Home Depot (HD 365.67, +2.60, +0.7%) are having a bigger impact on the price-weighted average and are helping, along with other components like Walmart (WMT 74.47, +0.75, +1.0%) and Apple (AAPL 226.75, +0.86, +0.4%), to offset the loss in Boeing (BA 172.00, -7.64, -4.3%).