[BRIEFING.COM] The S&P 500 sports a 0.4% gain amid ongoing broad-based buying interest.
Ten of the 11 S&P 500 sectors trade up led by the heavily-weighted financial (+0.8%) and consumer discretionary (+0.8%) sectors. The health care sector slid below its prior close, trading alone in negative territory.
Market breadth favors advancers by a better than 2-to-1 margin at the NYSE.