[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (-1.6%), Nasdaq Composite (-2.4%), and DJIA (-1.5%) are plotting new session lows with an hour left in today's session.
Losses are swelling across the market, with seven S&P 500 sectors now holding a loss of 1.0% or wider. Today's advancing sectors are the health care (+0.2%), energy (+0.1%), and consumer staples (+0.1%) sectors, which now sit just slightly above their baselines as they too come under selling pressure this afternoon.
Additionally, the VIX Volatility Index is up 18.7% to 20.79, suggesting heightened uncertainty amid today's risk-off tone.