Stock Market Update

[BRIEFING.COM] The Dow Jones Industrial Average (+0.38%) is at HoDs on gains of 156 points, albeit hosting the shallowest advance among the major averages.

A look inside the DJIA shows that Salesforce (CRM 253.7, +3.50, +1.40%), Caterpillar (CAT 339.61, +4.61, +1.38%), and Chevron (CVX 139.27, +1.39, +1.01%) are some of today's top gain getters.

Meanwhile, Dow (DOW 50.12, -0.61, -1.20%) is today's top laggard.

The DJIA trims week-to-date losses to now about -1.31%.

Elsewhere, U.S. Treasuries trade just above session lows that were reached in recent action with yields up about three basis points across the curve. Treasuries slowly backpedaled from their early highs through morning trade, returning yields to their closing levels from Monday, with the recent slip taking place after the U.S. Treasury completed this week's auction slate with a soft sale of $22 bln in 30-yr bonds. The auction drew a high yield of 4.015%, which tailed the when-issued yield by 1.4 basis points while the bid-to-cover ratio (2.38x vs 2.39x average) was just below average and indirect takedown (68.7% vs 65.4% average) was a bit above average.