[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 (+0.62%) is in second place on Tuesday afternoon, up about 41 points.
Briefly, S&P 500 constituents Keysight (KEYS 193.18, +15.51, +8.73%), Albemarle (ALB 124.77, +8.89, +7.67%), and Builders FirstSource (BLDR 107.72, +7.19, +7.15%) pepper the top of the standings. KEYS jumps after a clean Q4 beat, stronger-than-expected Q1 guidance, and a fresh $1.5 billion buyback authorization that reinforced accelerating order momentum.
Meanwhile, J.M. Smucker (SJM 100.54, -3.73, -3.58%) is underperforming after its quarterly results showed margin pressure and a narrowed full-year profit outlook, with higher coffee-related input costs weighing more heavily than modest sales growth.