[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (1.79%) is in second place on Friday afternoon, up about 117 points.
Briefly, S&P 500 constituents Old Dominion (ODFL 136.47, +10.18, +8.06%), Align Tech (ALGN 142.83, +10.02, +7.54%), and Gartner (IT 238.11, +13.98, +6.24%) pepper the top of the standings, bucking their recent trends lower as the broader market, too, gets a breather from its recent declines.
Meanwhile, utility firm Vistra Corp. (VST 169.57, -4.22, -2.43%) is near the bottom of the average despite a dearth of corporate news, slipping alongside a modest dip in treasury yields.